A Texas softball coach has been fired and charged with assault after footage emerged allegedly showing him charging toward a grandmother at a game and attacking her.
‘I Think I Was Knocked Out’
Edwards, who was at the game with her 11-year-old granddaughter, posted a video on Saturday, Feb. 16, showing a teenager making what appears to be a rude hand gesture at her and—moments later—the altercation.A visibly angered individual—alleged to be Schmidt—is seen in the video rushing up to Edwards and lunging at the camera before the footage cuts off.
“I was tackled and hit the concrete,” Edwards told ABC7. “I don’t remember what happened next. I think I was knocked out. That guy was trying to get the phone.”
“This is what Bubba Schmidt does when he gets mad. I was videotaping his son shooting the bird at everyone,” Edwards wrote in the caption to the video. “His dad, Bubba Schmidt, coach of the memorial sting, decided he wanted my phone. Look what he did.”
Edwards later posted a follow-up message saying, “The cops said the video is proof of assault. And yes, there are about 30 eyewitnesses to the whole thing that stayed till the cops got there.”
‘Country Style’ Fight
Edwards said on Facebook that her son intervened after the coach attacked her, and a “country style” fight broke out.Lane Swore, Edwards’s son, told ABC7, “Before I know it, the guy’s on top of my mom, and I ran to that field and grabbed the man off my 60-year-old mom.”
Edwards said she went to a nearby emergency room for treatment of injuries she said she sustained in the attack.
“James Schmidt is currently wanted by law enforcement for class A Assault,” said Constable Mark Herman. “If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, you are urged to contact our dispatch.”
‘No Business Being Around Kids’
Edwards told ABC13 she was relieved at news Schmidt had been let go as coach of the Sting.“Hallelujah! That’s all I can say because that guy has absolutely no business being around kids,” she said.
Edwards claims she is now suffering from neck and back pain as a result of the incident.
“He wanted to fight,” she told KHOU. “He didn’t care who he was going to fight. Whether it was a 40-year-old man or a 60-year-old woman, it didn’t matter.”
“Hopefully, somebody holds him accountable for his behavior,” she said.
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