The 18-year-old player was wounded at about 5:30 p.m. as he was standing in the bullpen area at the game against the University of Houston–Victoria at George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, on the border of Arkansas, Texarkana police said on Facebook.
The bullet appeared to come from “some type of altercation in a nearby neighborhood to the west of the park,” police said.
Police believe Demarco Banks, 20, and a 17-year-old boy are the shooters involved in this incident, Shawn Vaughn, public information officer for the Texarkana Police Department, said Monday. NBC News is not naming the 17-year-old suspect because he is a minor.
Banks, who Vaughn said was allegedly shooting away from the park, turned himself in early Monday on a felony deadly conduct charge.
Police have an outstanding felony warrant for aggravated assault out for the other suspect, who allegedly shot towards the park, Vaughn said.
If convicted, Banks could face up to 10 years in prison for the deadly conduct charge, and the minor could face up to 20 years for the aggravated assault charge, according to Vaughn.
Police said they received several calls of shots fired on Lynda Street, just west of Spring Lake Park, around the same time they received the call about the baseball player being shot.
Officers who went to the scene on Lynda Street found “several spent shell casings” in the front yard of a residence there, and determined they were from two men who had been shooting at each other in front of the house, Vaughn said.
“One of those errant rounds travelled about 400 yards and struck the innocent victim at the ball field,” Vaughn said Monday, adding that the alleged shooter and Banks allegedly “fled the area before officers got there.”
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