Texas press conference in Austin Metcalf killing devolves into chaos over track meet stabbing

Chaos unfolded during a property league successful Dallas Thursday day arsenic the spokesperson for Karmelo Anthony's household took jabs astatine Austin Metcalf's father, who was escorted from the tract of the lawsuit earlier it began.

Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing chap 17-year-old Austin Metcalf astatine an April 2 precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful Frisco, Texas. 

Jeff Metcalf, Austin's father, attempted to be the quality league Thursday led by Dominique Alexander, the caput of the Next Generation Action Network, an activistic radical speaking connected Anthony's behalf. 

Jeff Metcalf with his son, Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was allegedly stabbed successful the thorax by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

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Metcalf confirmed to Fox News Digital helium was escorted from the lawsuit nether the menace of transgression trespass charges. 

"The preliminary probe determined that 1 idiosyncratic was asked to permission the determination and did truthful without incident," the Dallas Police Department told Fox News Digital. "No discourtesy was reported."

Anthony is facing first-degree execution charges for allegedly stabbing Metcalf to decease during a quality nether a structure astatine a way meet.

He was released from the Collin County Jail aft his enslaved was reduced from $1 cardinal to $250,000. 

The quality league addressed much than $450,000 successful GiveSendGo funds that person been donated to the Anthony household aft his apprehension and rumors the wealth was being spent improperly. The 2nd absorption was expected to beryllium Anthony's mother, Kayla Hayes, who work a connection connected behalf of the household that was prepared by attorneys. 

Dominique Alexander of the Next Generation Action Network hosted a quality league connected behalf of Karmelo Anthony's household Thursday, April 17.  (Next Generation Action Network via Facebook)

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But the lawsuit devolved into accusations of racism and bigotry, on with Alexander's admonishment of Jeff Metcalf earlier either taxable was adjacent discussed. 

"What we've seen astatine the opening of this property conference, of the begetter being astatine this property conference, these are my words — don't punctuation anybody — is simply a disrespect to the dignity of his son," Alexander said. 

"Next Generation Action Network from the opening has respected the nonaccomplishment of life, nary substance our sentiment of it. We person kept our sentiment close," helium said. "We person not attacked. We person not shared the accusation that was shared with america astir Austin Metcalf due to the fact that we respect the dignity of beingness and loss.

Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, antecedently told Fox News his "life was destroyed" by his son's killing. (Jeff Metcalf)

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"That was disrespectful and conscionable shows you each the character," Alexander said. "He was not invited. He knows that it's inappropriate to beryllium adjacent this family, but helium did it. So, I accidental to people, actions talk louder than words."

Alexander said Jeff Metcalf wanted to absorption connected authorities and bigotry. 

"What helium has felled [sic] into is the governmental operatives that privation to marque this happening a governmental happening of hatred and yet bigotry and yet racism," helium said. "We person blimpish operatives that person been posting nonstop astir this case." 

Accused slayer Karmelo Anthony, center, walks retired of jailhouse aft posting bond. (KDFW)

He past moved onto the contented of the online fundraiser. 

Alexander said nary of the wealth from the GiveSendGo has been spent, and immoderate proposition different is "intentional disinformation."

"Let's beryllium clear," helium said. "The household has not received 1 dime."

Alexander past ranted astir the Frisco Independent School District's plans to expel Anthony a period earlier graduation. He noted that Anthony has a 3.7 GPA, and that adjacent if helium didn't spell to people for the remainder of the year, helium would inactive beryllium capable to graduate. 

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He besides appeared to subtly displacement blasted for Metcalf's decease from Anthony to the schoolhouse district, intimating that the schoolhouse should person canceled the April 2 way conscionable successful the archetypal spot due to the fact that of inclement weather. 

"Because arsenic a idiosyncratic who is the head of yet children, you are liable for the information of the children," helium said. "And truthful it seems arsenic if Frisco ISD is trying to propulsion this disconnected by making [the determination to expel Anthony] that they bash not person to make." 

Mugshot of Karmelo Anthony, left, and Austin Metcalf successful shot pads, right. (Fox DFW/Jeff Metcalf)

"While Frisco ISD cannot remark connected an idiosyncratic student's disciplinary grounds owed to pupil privateness law, we tin supply wide accusation astir territory protocol and applicable law," a spokesperson for the territory told Fox News Digital. 

"If the schoolhouse recommends expulsion, which means the pupil is removed from school, the pupil is not allowed to spell connected immoderate Frisco ISD spot portion the determination is being made," the spokesperson said. "A gathering volition beryllium held wherever the pupil tin stock their broadside of the communicative and amusement immoderate evidence. After the meeting, the territory volition determine whether to spell done with the expulsion and volition fto the pupil and parents know."

Before yet turning the league implicit to Hayes, Alexander commented connected Judge Angela Tucker, a Black Republican presiding implicit the case. 

"But the disfigured attacks connected her conscionable shows Black America that nary substance what you prime successful the ballot container — and that is your law close — it's radical retired present reminding america of the Black conflict successful America."

Austin Metcalf, 17, was stabbed to decease astatine a Texas way meet. (Jeff Metcalf)

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An affectional Hayes spoke lone briefly. 

"Our household has been nether attack," she said. "Whatever you think, what happened betwixt Karmelo and the Metcalf boy, my 3 younger children, my hubby and I didn't bash thing to merit to beryllium threatened, harassed and lied about."

She said specified lies person enactment her household successful danger, on with the assemblage and those progressive successful the investigation. 

"Our code and my husband's erstwhile employer's code has been enactment connected each societal media platforms," she said. "My hubby had to instrumentality a permission of lack due to the fact that he's acrophobic of what whitethorn hap to our family."

She said her husband's intelligence wellness is deteriorating, and her girl is acrophobic to slumber successful her ain bed. 

Hayes echoed Alexander's sentiment that the GiveSendGo funds person not been utilized by the household astatine all. 

Karmelo Anthony's mother, Kayla Hayes, speaks astatine a property league Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Next Generation Action Network via Facebook)

After Hayes spoke, Alexander returned to the contented of race.

"Because these racist bigots effort to forestall america from lasting up for our baby, our boy, helium should beryllium afforded the aforesaid rights that Kyle Rittenhouse had, Daniel Penny and each the radical who person claimed immoderate their defence was – helium should beryllium afforded the aforesaid right," Alexander said. 

"Nobody successful the nationalist media has 1 video, but we got the video of Kyle Rittenhouse with an AK-47 shooting 3 radical successful the back," helium said. "We got that, and helium raised much than $2 cardinal publicly, and cipher said thing astir that."

Jeff Metcalf antecedently told Fox News, "I privation to clarify thing close disconnected to commencement due to the fact that I've already heard immoderate rumors and gossip. This was not a contention thing. This is not a governmental thing.

"Do not politicize this. It's not … this is simply a quality being thing. This idiosyncratic made a atrocious prime and affected some his household and my household forever."

Metcalf added that "Austin was the airy of my life."

He said connected "America Reports" that Austin died successful the arms of his duplicate brother, Hunter, who desperately tried to halt the bleeding.

"They were truthful tight. They had the champion bond. They were champion friends," Metcalf said of the pair. "And present I person to absorption connected taking attraction of Hunter."

Metcalf besides mentioned forgiveness.

"People inquire me, however tin you forgive this different person? I said I forgive the different idiosyncratic due to the fact that the forgiveness is not for him. The forgiveness is for maine truthful I tin person peace," helium said. "His beingness is destroyed. My beingness is destroyed."

Austin Metcalf, 16, died astatine a way conscionable aft getting stabbed. (FOX DFW Chopper)

Metcalf was killed aft an altercation nether a Memorial High School structure astatine the way meet. The apprehension study from the incidental said Anthony "grabbed his bag, opened it and reached wrong it" and told Metcalf, "Touch maine and spot what happens."

In the adjacent moment, a witnesser told police, Anthony "reached into his container and the antheral took a weapon retired of the container and stabbed Austin."

The witnesser told the serviceman Anthony fled aft the stabbing. Metcalf died successful his duplicate brother's arms.

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Anthony told the responding schoolhouse assets officer, who cuffed him upon arrival, helium was protecting himself. The serviceman besides noted humor connected Anthony's near mediate finger. 

One responding serviceman referred to Anthony arsenic the alleged suspect. Anthony made a "spontaneous statement," according to the report, saying, "I'm not alleged, I did it."

Anthony besides asked the officers if Metcalf was "going to beryllium OK" and asked if what happened could beryllium considered "self-defense," the study said.

Fox News Digital's Madison Colombo contributed to this report.