Suspect in Austin Metcalf killing moved to 'undisclosed location' for protection: family spokesman

The 17-year-old suspected of stabbing Frisco, Texas way prima Austin Metcalf to decease has been moved to an "undisclosed location" for his ain safety, according to a radical representing his family.

A connection from the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) said that Karmelo Anthony has been moved from his location to an "undisclosed determination to guarantee his contiguous safety" pursuing an "alarming summation successful decease threats, continued harassment, and carnal intimidation targeted astatine the family's home."

Anthony allegedly killed Metcalf implicit a seating quality during a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful Frisco connected April 2. He was freed from the Collin County Jail aft his enslaved was reduced from $1 cardinal to $250,000 past Monday. He is charged with first-degree murder.

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According to the release, the threats see radical loitering and taking photos of the Anthony family's existent residence, unwanted nutrient deliveries that NGAN said were "made to disturb and harass the family" and a mailing of Metcalf's obituary to the home, which was besides described arsenic "disturbing." 

"We are sharing images and documentation of the threats the household has faced this past play to marque the nationalist alert of the unsafe ambiance that has been created — an ambiance fueled by organized hate, systemic racism, and intentional misinformation," the radical said.

Karmelo Anthony, fishy successful the stabbing decease of Texas way prima Austin Metcalf, walks retired of the Collin County Jail connected April 14, 2025. (KDFW)

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"It is some heartbreaking and infuriating to spot the depths of hatred and bigotry inactive live and good successful our society," NGAN president Dominique Alexander said. "No household should person to unrecorded nether siege simply due to the fact that they are demanding their law rights. We volition not beryllium silent, and we volition not backmost down. We are committed to doing immoderate is indispensable to support this household and to guarantee that justness is pursued without intimidation oregon fear."

The Frisco Police Department told Fox News Digital, "our section does not person immoderate reported cases involving the Anthony household being threatened."

File photograph of Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

Last week, Alexander held a property league wherever Anthony's mother, Kayla Hayes, spoke for the archetypal clip since her son's arrest. Jeff Metcalf, Austin's father, tried to be the conference, and was swiftly removed from the spot by Dallas police. 

Alexander criticized Jeff Metcalf astatine the outset of the conference. 

"What we've seen astatine the opening of this property conference, of the begetter being astatine this property conference, these are my words — don't punctuation anybody — is simply a disrespect to the dignity of his son," helium said. 

"Next Generation Action Network from the opening has respected the nonaccomplishment of life, nary substance our sentiment of it. We person kept our sentiment close," helium said. "We person not attacked. We person not shared the accusation that was shared with america astir Austin Metcalf due to the fact that we respect the dignity of beingness and loss."

Dominique Alexander of the Next Generation Action Network hosted a property league connected behalf of Karmelo Anthony's household connected Thursday, April 17.  (Next Generation Action Network via Facebook)

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Alexander aboriginal brought up the contented of race. 

"Because these racist bigots effort to forestall america from lasting up for our baby, our boy, helium should beryllium afforded the aforesaid rights that Kyle Rittenhouse had, Daniel Penny and each the radical who person claimed immoderate their defence was – helium should beryllium afforded the aforesaid right," Alexander said. 

"Nobody successful the nationalist media has 1 video, but we got the video of Kyle Rittenhouse with an AK-47 shooting 3 radical successful the back," helium said. "We got that, and helium raised much than $2 cardinal publicly, and cipher said thing astir that."

That night, Jeff Metcalf's location was swatted. 

Over the weekend, a "Protect White Americans" rally was held successful Frisco. It was hosted by Jake Lang, champion known for his imprisonment aft the Jan. 6, 2021 onslaught astatine the U.S. Capitol. 

Lang, who is from Florida and is present moving for U.S. Senate, was reportedly admonished by Jeff Metcalf implicit the telephone during the rally. 

"You’re trying to make much contention disagreement than bridging the gap," Metcalf told Lang, according to The Dallas Morning News. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Lang.

Metcalf has tried to code down the governmental rhetoric since the April 2 stabbing.

He antecedently told Fox News, "I privation to clarify thing close disconnected to commencement due to the fact that I've already heard immoderate rumors and gossip. This was not a contention thing. This is not a governmental thing.

"Do not politicize this. It's not … this is simply a quality being thing. This idiosyncratic made a atrocious prime and affected some his household and my household forever."

Jeff Metcalf with his son, Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

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Anthony reportedly confessed to stabbing Metcalf erstwhile helium was arrested by a schoolhouse assets serviceman astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful the minutes pursuing the attack. 

When 1 serviceman told different that helium had the alleged stabbing fishy successful custody, Anthony seemingly said, "I'm not alleged. I did it," according to the apprehension study from the incident. 

Anthony besides asked the officers if Metcalf was "going to beryllium OK" and asked if what happened could beryllium considered "self-defense."