The father of a teenager who was arrested for allegedly stabbing another high schooler at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, has addressed the fatal incident, and he claims his son was provoked.
Austin Metcalf, a junior Memorial High School in Frisco, was stabbed on Wednesday after he allegedly got into a fight with 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, who is a student at Centennial High School in Frisco. Reports indicated that the dispute began after Metcalf told Anthony he was sitting in the wrong spot. Metcalf was stabbed in the heart and could not be saved.
Anthony was taken into custody and is being charged with first-degree murder. Anthony’s father, Andrew Anthony, told Jared Downing of the New York Post on Thursday that people have jumped to conclusions about his son without knowing all of the facts.
“Everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he’s not what they’re making him out to be,” Andrew Anthony said. “He’s a good kid. He works two jobs. He’s an A student, has a 3.7 GPA.”
Andrew added that that Karmelo was “not the aggressor” and “not the one who started” the altercation with Metcalf. The elder Anthony said his son made a mistake in the heat of the moment and that he feels badly for Metcalf’s family.
“I feel bad for the other parents and family, and words can’t explain how both [families] have been affected by this tragedy,” Andrew told the Post.
Though he claimed his son was not the aggressor, Andrew did not explain whether Karmelo felt threatened in such a way that the teenager felt he needed to stab Metcalf in order to protect himself.
Metcalf was a member of Memorial High School’s track and field team, a team MVP as a linebacker on the varsity football team, and a member of the National Honor Society.
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, was present at the time his brother was stabbed. He described his version of the events on Wednesday.
