FRISCO, Texas (KTVT) – The day after a violent attack in Texas has members of the victim’s family wondering whether more could have been done to prevent the stabbing death of a teenager.
Photos that hang in his home are now all Jeff Metcalf has to remind him of one of his twin sons, but he says he found some comfort from a dream.
“He came to me and said. ‘It’s OK,’ Metcalf said. “God gives me comfort, and if it wasn’t for my faith, I wouldn’t be here.”
Members of the victim’s family are wondering whether more could have been done to prevent the attack.
Metcalf is still in shock over what happened just a mile away at a stadium where Austin’s twin, Hunter, saw his brother stabbed in the chest.
“My other son, who was there, was holding his hands on the hole trying to save his life, he told me,” Metcalf said. “I looked at him. His eyes, he was gone. He wasn’t breathing.”
Hundreds filled a Frisco church to remember Austin, who was a standout on the Memorial High School football team.
Karmelo Anthony has been arrested and charged with murder. He was also a standout student athlete, but at Centennial High School.
The redacted names on the police report of witnesses to the stabbing include nearly 30 students from track teams at five schools.
The victim’s father is grieving while starting to question whether the school district did enough to protect his son.
“If there’s a precedent or some precursor that maybe this could’ve been prevented, I don’t know. I am concerned with the lack of security,” Metcalf said. “How does someone bring a knife to a track meet?”
Police have not said what led to the stabbing, but Austin’s father says it started when his sons and members of the Memorial High School track team questioned Anthony about why he was standing near them instead of his own team.
The redacted names on the police report of witnesses to the stabbing include nearly 30 students from track teams at five schools. (KTVT, FRISCO POLICE DEPT. FAM
“Each high school had their own section to sit and they went to set up the Memorial tent. They heard this individual behind them speaking, and they turned around and said, ‘Who are you?’ And he said, “I’m Melo,’ and he had a Centennial tracksuit on,” Metcalf described. “They said, ‘You’re in the wrong spot. You need to go sit with your team,’ and then it escalated.”
Anthony was booked at the Frisco City Jail, facing a first-degree murder charge with a $1 million bond.
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