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Cops rushed to the location of Austin Metcalf aft trolls reported a fake shooting astatine his location connected Thursday, constabulary said.
The sick prank came hours aft Austin Metcalf’s begetter crashed a property league by the household of his son’s alleged slayer Karmelo Anthony, 17, accused of stabbing Metcalf, besides 17, an diversion lawsuit successful Frisco, Texas.
Police successful Frisco, Texas, described the incidental arsenic “swatting,” a prank successful which idiosyncratic reports a fake transgression to get cops to swarm the victims’ home, according to WFAA.
The prank is the latest skirmish successful a racially-charged civilization warfare that has enmeshed the Dallas suburb since the April 2 killing.
Anthony, who is achromatic and from a rival school, allegedly knifed Metcalf, a achromatic shot star, during a combat implicit a spot successful the bleachers astatine a way conscionable — leaving him to dice successful his duplicate brother’s arms.
Witnesses said Mecalf tried to shove Anthony retired of his school’s structure during a rainfall hold erstwhile Anthony pulled a leaf from his backpack and stabbed him successful the heart, according to a constabulary report.
Anthony faces a first-degree execution murder charge, but helium returned location nether house-arrest this week erstwhile his household posted his $250,000 enslaved — aft raising astir doubly that magnitude successful an online fundraiser for his ineligible fees.
Anthony’s household insists helium acted successful self-defense.
His parent Kala Hayes said during the Thursday property league that her household is “under attack.”
“Whatever you deliberation that happened betwixt Karmelo and the Metcalf boys, my 3 younger children, my hubby and I didn’t bash thing to merit to beryllium threatened, harassed and lied about,” she said done tears with her hubby by her side.
The code had been delayed erstwhile the victim’s dada Jeff Metcalf showed up retired of the blue.
Although Jeff reportedly didn’t accidental anything, his quality caused a disturbance and prompted Dallas constabulary to escort him from the premises.
“That was disrespectful and conscionable shows you each the quality — helium was not invited, helium knows that it’s inappropriate to beryllium adjacent this family, but helium did it,” the Next Generation Action Network president added erstwhile the property league began.
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