The father of a 17-year-old teenager who was stabbed while at a track meet has made a desperate plea to stop the school from 'rewarding' an alleged killer.
Austin Metcalf was stabbed in the heart when he out with his younger brother, Hunter, at the track and field championship at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco on April 2.
Karmelo Anthony, 18, is accused of pulling out a knife during a fight over seats in the stands. Metcalf is said to have died in his brother's arms.
Speaking to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, police stated that officers were called to the scene at approximately 10am, stating: "Despite lifesaving measures by police and fire personnel, including CPR and the administration of blood, the (17)-year-old victim died."
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Frisco police arrested and charged Anthony, releasing him from jail and allowing him to be held on house arrest, according to NBC News.
In recent developments, Jeffrey Metcalf, Austin's father, has filed a formal complaint about Centennial High School awarding Anthony his diploma amid the ongoing accusations.
Dominque Alexander, Anthony's spokesperson, confirmed to the Daily Mail that a complaint had been put through.
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"Now you have a father filing a complaint to the TEA [Texas Education Agency]," he said.
While Anthony looks set to receive his diploma, the Daily Mail reports the suspected killer is not expected to be involved in the graduation ceremony or walk on the stage at Frisco Independent School District to collect his reward as he remains under house arrest.
UNILAD has reached out to Frisco ISD for comment.
"We are in arrangements of doing an early gradation. They have agreed to allow him to graduate. They were literally trying to expel him - period," Alexander said last week.
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Last month, Metcalf admitted to showing up at a press conference which was held by the Anthony’s family, who suggested they plan to fight their son’s first-degree murder charge.
Anthony’s mother, Kala Hayes, spoke about ‘lies and false accusations that have been said about us, especially over the past week’ as she claimed they ‘put my family in danger.’
The suspected killer's parents previously claimed he acted in self-defence when Austin allegedly attacked him.
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When Metcalf turned up at the press conference, he said that he was ‘disrespected’ when he was escorted from the conference by police.
“They should have pulled me up [to the front] and said, ‘We are so sorry. Our condolences.’ The only thing I would have said was, ‘Okay, can we pray together and show the world we’re united',” he told the New York Post.
Callum Jones