DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said.
Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the Dallas County District Attorney’s office. She said Mr. Talib agreed to a sentence of 37 years in prison and that he will be sentenced in August.
A lawyer for Mr. Talib did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment Friday.
Last August, police said witnesses saw Mr. Talib pull out a gun and repeatedly shoot Mr. Hickmon during a brawl among adults at a youth football game in the Dallas suburb of Lancaster. Police said the fight was prompted by a disagreement between the opposing coaching staffs over calls made by the officiating crew, but an official with one of the teams later said it began when Mr. Hickmon went to pick up a football and someone kicked it away….