Overview
- The Collin County jury on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, sentenced 27-year-old Malik Charles Anthony Davis to 50 years for aggravated assault and 180 days in a state jail facility for theft of a firearm.
- Prosecutors say the attack occurred June 7, 2025, when Davis concealed himself inside the Islamic Center of Frisco and struck armed security guard Omar Yaqoob multiple times with a machete while the guard was performing Isha Salah.
- Jurors were shown surveillance footage that prosecutors say captured Davis preparing for the ambush, committing the attack, changing clothes afterward to hide his identity, and fleeing the scene.
- During the struggle Davis briefly took the guard’s firearm after it fell from the holster, later discarded the weapon, and was detained outside the center with police recovering the gun.
- The congregation had been providing Davis food and occasional shelter after he said he was homeless, prosecutors and the district attorney framed the sentence as a rebuke to violence against community protectors, and the attack has prompted concern about security and trust at local houses of worship.