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Texas A&M-Texarkana baseball player shot by apparent stray bullet during home game

A baseball player for Texas A&M-Texarkana was shot while standing in the bullpen during a home game on Saturday.

The Texarkana Police Department posted to Facebook on Saturday evening that it was investigating the circumstances of the shooting and that it appeared “he was struck by a stray bullet from some type of altercation in a nearby neighborhood west of the park.” The game was being held at George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park.

The school said in a statement Saturday that the unidentified player was being treated at a local hospital and was in stable condition.