Gunshot call at Frisco house of Metcalf relatives was swatting attempt: police
Police in Frisco on Thursday night responded to a gunshot call at a house where relatives of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a track meet live.
The report was false and was a swatting attempt against the family of Austin Metcalf, a Frisco police spokesperson said.
Swatting is the term for when a person calls authorities to make a false report, usually with the intention of drawing a response of SWAT officers.
A Collin County district judge on Monday reduced to $250,000 the bond for Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old stabbing suspect. He posted the bond on Monday and was released from jail.
Anthony’s bond previously had been set at $1 million. He had been in custody since he was arrested on suspicion of murder in the April 2 stabbing death of Metcalf, also 17, at the meet at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco.
Witnesses told police that the two students fought after Metcalf, a Memorial High School student, asked Anthony to move from under the Memorial High School tent and that Metcalf either pushed or grabbed Anthony before Anthony pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed Metcalf in the chest.
Anthony told officers that he acted in self-defense and that Metcalf had “put his hands on me. I told him not to,” according to a police report.
Anthony’s mother on Thursday spoke publicly about the case for the first time. A press conference at the offices of the Next Generation Action Network in Dallas was delayed for about an hour when Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, arrived unexpectedly. He was escorted from the premises by Dallas police officers.
This story was originally published April 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM.
