Police rushed to Austin Metcalf’s home after reporting a fake shooting at his home on Thursday, police said.
The ill prank comes hours after Austin Metcalf’s father crashed a press conference by his family, accused of stabbing Metcalf, when his son, murderer Carmelo Anthony, 17, of his family.
Police in Frisco, Texas described the incident as “swatting.” He explained that this is a prank in which someone reports a fake crime to flock to the victim’s home. According to the WFAA.
The Prank is the latest skirmish in the racially recharged culture war that has ravaged the Dallas suburbs since the April 2nd murder.
Anthony, a black man and former rival school, is said to have turned white soccer star Metcalf into a knife during the fight for the bleachers at a track tournament.
Witnesses say Mekalff tried to push Anthony out of his school tent during the rain delay, police report said when Anthony pulled a blade from his backpack and stabbed him in the heart.
Anthony faces first-degree murder charges, but he went home under House Arrest this week when his family posted a $250,000 bond.
Anthony’s family claims he acted in self-defense.
His mother, Kara Hayes, said at a press conference Thursday that her family was “under attack.”
“Whatever I think Carmelo and the Metcalf boy, my three younger children, my husband and I were threatened, harassed, and did nothing to lie,” she said with tears with her husband.
The speech was delayed when the victim’s father, Jeff Metcalf, suddenly appeared.
Jeff reportedly said nothing, but his appearance caused agitation, prompting Dallas police to escort him from the premises.
“It’s rude and shows all the characters. He wasn’t invited. He knows it’s inappropriate to be close to this family, but he did that,” the president of the Next Generation Action Network added that the press conference will begin.
