Police have identified Yaqub Salik Talib as the suspect in the Saturday afternoon shooting at Lancaster Community Park in southeast Dallas County. The shooting erupted during a fight between rival coaches and crew that took place, Lancaster police said in a news release. A man was shot and rushed to a local hospital, but did not survive. He was identified as youth football coach Mike Hickmon in local reports. “Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends, former teammates and players of Coach Mike Hickmon after learning of the horrific tragedy that occurred earlier this afternoon in Lancaster,” tweeted the Texas Football Life account. on Saturday. We send our deepest thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, former teammates and players of Coach Mike Hickmon after learning of the horrific tragedy that took place earlier this afternoon in Lancaster pic.twitter.com/H9dIYjXEit — Texas Football Life (@txfblife) August 14, 2022 Video of the incident circulating on social media shows a man arguing with an umpire with a fight starting several yards away and then gunfire erupting, the Dallas Morning News reported. Lancaster city spokesman Scott Finley said authorities believe Yakub Talib — whose brother is a former NFL linebacker — was the suspect in the shooting, according to the newspaper. A lawyer for Aqib Talib told TMZ “Aqib was present when this unfortunate incident occurred and is deeply saddened and devastated by this terrible loss of life. Aquib Talib was present at the game during the shooting, according to his attorney. Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images “He would like to extend his condolences to the victim’s family and to all who witnessed this unfortunate tragedy.” Aqib Talib took the field for four teams during his respectable pro career that began in 2008, including a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos in 2015. He’s hanging up his cleats and helmet in 2020.
