Amid an ongoing investigation over the deadly stabbing of highschool scholar Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas, monitor meet, the college district introduced it has surveillance footage of the stabbing.
The Frisco Unbiased College District confirmed to Fox Information Digital that it possesses surveillance footage of the April 2 incident at Kuykendall Stadium however won’t be publicly releasing the video.
The deadly altercation between 17-year-old Metcalf of Memorial Excessive College and allegedly 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a scholar at Frisco Centennial Excessive College, unfolded throughout a rain delay on April 2 on the district monitor and subject championship.
Anthony is going through first-degree homicide costs.
Authorities say that Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf within the chest. Although the 2 college students reportedly had no prior relationship, a short altercation escalated rapidly.
An arrest report obtained by Fox Information sheds new mild on the pre-stabbing conflict after Metcalf reportedly instructed Anthony that he wanted to maneuver out of the Memorial staff’s tent, a witness instructed Frisco police.
The report famous that Anthony “grabbed his bag, opened it and reached inside it” and stated, “Touch me and see what happens.”
“Austin stood up and pushed the male to get him out of the tent,” the arrest report stated.
The witness instructed police that Anthony then “reached into his bag and the male took a knife out of the bag and stabbed Austin,” per the report.
The witness then instructed the officer that Anthony left the scene after the stabbing.
Metcalf, 17, died in his twin brother’s arms.
Anthony was arrested on the scene and has since been charged with first-degree homicide. He and his supporters say he acted in self-defense and that Metcalf pushed him out of the tent.
His bond has since dropped from $1 million to $250,000.
His bond situations embrace home arrest and an ankle monitor, and he’ll solely be capable to go away his house with the decide’s permission.
Fox Information Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.
