A Collin County jury convicted 27-year-old Malik Charles Anthony Davis of aggravated assault against a security officer and sentenced him to 50 years in prison, according to reports Tuesday from FOX 4 and CBS Texas.
The case arose from a June 7, 2025, machete attack at the Islamic Center of Frisco in the 11000 block of Frisco Street. CBS Texas identifies the security guard as Omar Yaqoob and reports that he was hospitalized after the attack and later released.
Taken together, the two reports provide a timeline from the closing of the building through the police confrontation, the trial evidence and the two punishments. The 50-year term was for aggravated assault; CBS Texas also reports a separate conviction and 180-day sentence for theft of a firearm.
The attack as the building was closing
CBS Texas reports that Yaqoob was closing the Islamic center when Davis approached him from behind. Davis then struck Yaqoob with a machete, according to the station’s account.
During the attack, Yaqoob’s firearm fell from its holster, CBS Texas reports. Davis took the gun and then discarded it. Officers confronted Davis outside the Islamic center, according to the same report.
That sequence places the reported events in a clear order: Yaqoob was closing the building; Davis approached from behind and struck him; the guard’s firearm fell; Davis took and discarded it; and officers confronted Davis outside. CBS Texas reports that Yaqoob survived, was treated at a hospital and was later released.
FOX 4’s report centers on the jury’s verdict and the 50-year prison sentence. CBS Texas supplies the more detailed account of what happened at the center, including the firearm and the confrontation with officers. Both outlets identify the aggravated-assault conviction and 50-year punishment.
Surveillance video was part of the trial evidence
CBS Texas reports that surveillance video was among the evidence presented at trial. The station says the footage showed Davis preparing for the attack and changing clothes afterward.
The reported video evidence adds a before-and-after element to the chronology presented to the jury. The available account does not specify a motive, however. Neither report included in this article establishes why Davis attacked Yaqoob, so the sequence of events should not be read as an explanation of motive.
The distinction matters in describing what the reporting supports. The reports establish the location, the victim’s role, the actions involving the machete and firearm, the police confrontation, the surveillance evidence, the convictions and the sentences. They do not establish a reason for the attack.
Two convictions carried different sentences
The jury convicted Davis of aggravated assault against a security officer, FOX 4 and CBS Texas report. For that offense, the Collin County jury imposed the 50-year prison sentence that headlines the case.
CBS Texas reports a second verdict as well: theft of a firearm. The jury imposed a 180-day state-jail sentence for that offense, according to the station. That shorter sentence belongs to the firearm-theft conviction, while the 50-year sentence belongs to the aggravated-assault conviction.
The firearm therefore figures in both the reported attack timeline and the jury’s decisions. CBS Texas reports that it fell from Yaqoob’s holster before Davis took and discarded it. The same outlet reports that the jury later found Davis guilty of stealing the firearm and imposed the 180-day sentence.
Keeping those outcomes separate avoids reducing the verdict to a single number. The reported case ended with an aggravated-assault conviction and a 50-year prison term, plus a theft-of-a-firearm conviction and a 180-day state-jail term. CBS Texas describes the 180-day punishment as a state-jail sentence. Both outlets describe the 50-year punishment as a prison sentence imposed by the Collin County jury.
What the reports show
The two local reports overlap on the central outcome and complement each other on the case timeline. FOX 4 reports the 50-year sentence for the machete attack on the security guard. CBS Texas identifies Davis and Yaqoob, locates the attack at the Islamic Center of Frisco, and describes the firearm, the officers’ confrontation and the surveillance evidence.
Based on those accounts, the case can be followed from the June 2025 attack to the jury’s decisions: an attack from behind while Yaqoob was closing the center, the taking and discarding of the guard’s gun, a confrontation outside with police, surveillance footage introduced at trial, and separate verdicts for assault and firearm theft.
What cannot be supplied from the available reporting is a motive. The accounts describe preparation visible on surveillance video, but preparation is not itself an explanation for why the attack occurred. No motive is established in the two reports, and none should be assumed.
For Frisco readers, the result is a reported jury outcome in the criminal case stemming from the attack at the Islamic center: Davis was convicted of both offenses, received 50 years for aggravated assault and received a 180-day state-jail sentence for theft of the firearm. Yaqoob, the security guard who was attacked, was hospitalized and later released, CBS Texas reports.
