Yesterday morning, two families woke up in Frisco excited for their kids who had UIL Championship Track Meet at Kenkuydall Stadium. Neither family had any clue or saw coming that by the end of the day one family would lose a son, and the other family would have a son facing murder charges. This should not be happening in Frisco, Texas.
Today, it is compounded by the fact that America (yes America, this has gone viral) has an opinion on what happened. Rumors are being crafted, hate is being spread across social media calling this racial because of the colors of the boy’s skin tones, accusations are being hurled. People are digging through these two teenage boy’s social media accounts looking for the “worst of the worst” to post and they will find it – but how does that change this now? The end result is spreading more hate and divide in a time when we should be waiting for answers.
Believe me when I say this is a parent’s worst nightmare come true on both sides. The parents had no clue as their kids went out the door, neither of them would be coming home. The father of Austin Metcalf, the victim who died in his twin brothers’ arms, spoke out and said, “I want to clarify something right off the start because I have already heard some rumors and gossip. This was not a race thing; this is not a political thing …this is a human being thing! This young man made a bad choice, and it affected his family and our family forever. It is a very unfortunate thing.” He went on “I forgive this boy, not for him but for me, as a father to have peace. His life is destroyed, my life is destroyed; it is an unfortunate, tragic event that will affect us for the rest of our lives. I want to get the word out to other parents so they will talk to their children, so this does not happen again. Senseless acts of violence have become more acceptable, and we have become more callous to them. That needs to change.”
He is an incredible father to have faith over fear today! My wife and I would like to follow in his father’s footsteps and send our thoughts, prayers and condolences to both families. We will be lifting them all up in prayer as well as for our community to heal from this. Last night, Austin Metcalf was called home. Last night Karmelo Anthony spent the first of many nights in jail. Nobody Wins!
Part of that healing is asking legitimate questions that we expect investigators to find answers to:
1. Why did a young man bring a knife to a track meet?
2. At what moment, did he loose control and make the decision to stab him in the chest?
3. When did the first call to 911 get logged?
4. What was the dispatch time, enroute time, and arrival time of the first arriving unit, and was the clear time?
5. Were there any medical personnel for the school on-site at this track meet? If no, why not?
6. Did the revitalization construction happening downtown directly affect the response time of EMS units. What was the time frame delay between him being stabbed and receiving life saving measures by police and fire including CPR and the administration of blood?
7. Is the school offering mental health services to the kids involved and around?
8. Is the city offering mental health services to the first responders who had to watch this young adult die?
9. Were there any warning signs in the young adult’s life or history that would have led the school to believe that he could become a dangerous offender or be carrying a weapon?
10. How could this have avoided? What security measures did the school district have in place at this event?
Both families have to live with Karmelo Anthony decision for the rest of their lives. These questions will tell us who dropped the ball and at what level because a kid does not wake up and say Today, I am taking a knife to a track meet. We need to know where, how, and when the failures happened to keep all the students safe in our schools. One young man made a decision that would affect both families’ lives forever yesterday. We need to stop and talk to our kids and make sure they understand that it doesn’t matter if this was over a seat, a cellphone, or a simple exchange of teenage verbal words — none of those reasons, or any reason, is acceptable to take a person’s life. That is the conversation parents should be having today with their kids. The other day, I took my wife to HEB, and she is in a wheelchair. I had a hard time getting it up over the curb. A group of kids laughed and snickered – no one offered to help and that is what is wrong with our country today. It is time to reteach our kids about humanity and being good stewards. We need to ask ourselves, “What is happening to our town, to our community, that this would be how an otherwise normal day ends?”
This should not have happened in Frisco, Texas …. Yet it did!
this should not have happened anywhere..our kids are not raised with love, respect, self control, knowing the difference between good and evil. pray for our country of The United States
I saw on the book of faces someone posted pictures from the accused social media of him holding guns and flipping the middle finger. I also read he had been previously suspended at Centennial HS for bringing a knife to school, not sure if that is true. This should not happen in Frisco, this should not happen anywhere!
P.s. if my 6’4” son had seen you maneuvering a curb with your wife in a wheelchair he would have picked up the chair/her for you.
The “social emotional learning” is really working, eh “experts.” The more we allow moronic “experts” to use schools for Marxist social indoctrination the more of this crap happens. We need to return schools to focusing on learning rather than Didn’t Earn It and other social-Marxist stupidity.
If parents would do their job and teach their children how to behave correctly in society schools wouldn’t have to teach them social emotional learning. And if you think teachers are “moronic” I implore you to homeschool.
I think you’re a moron because you cannot read. I feel bad for your kids.
Pretty biased based on the fact the Black youth has a 4.0 GPA, no criminal history, and has received several scholarship offers. The article above is sooooo biased against the Black youth, and especially the questions.
In particular, questions number 1, 2, and 9 place all the blame on the Black youth.
It’s my understanding that the White boy and his twin brother had bullied the Black youth on previous occasions, and thus he had the knife to protect himself.
According to various witnesses, the White boy told the Black youth that he didn’t belong in the tent, and then hit him twice.
…before the Black youth stabbed him in self-defense.
Here is what is biased is that you are going off hearsay – things you have heard online. The only facts released to the public at this time is what is in the article. Their GPAs – show me a FISD document that has that on there – none! Show me one fact that shows the brothers bullied him – that has all been rumor and inuendo – not supported by eyewitness statements. You are biased and because your entire comment is the white boy, the black boy, the … Get a grip and realize this has nothing to do with race it has to do with two young men, a bad decision and two hurting families today. Nothing you have said brings any merit, weight or solutions.
None of that changes the fact that the black kid murdered someone in cold blood. Like many of the fake news we get spoon-fed, there is literally no evidence race played a part in the murder, and murders should not be excused because they’re black. We’re all over that.
more questions that should be asked:
was Austin really bullying him?
was the staff notified of the problems both teens had with each other?
did they try to fix the situation and what measures did they take?
was karmelo feeling a sense of protection at any point which prompt him to carry a knife?
why nobody stepped up to stop the altercation when it was going on?
are there any more students that would consider Austin a bully at anytime? or could they say differently?
has anyone stepped forward to clarify if he was getting jumped?
once again where was the adults, officials, police, parents during the altercation?
see these are the questions that need to be asked. mental health does play a part in the choices that were being made but before it even got to that point what led up to that event even getting that far? nobody is asking the deep questions here. they just ask a few when they need to be asking everything because there was a cause and effect here. the cause was Austin did something to karmelo and the effect was karmelo had to protect himself by carrying and using the knife and the main question is why. once they is answered then it will shed the light on the whole story. it’s a sad thing to see two families go through this but bullying is always the cause of something deadly in the future and that’s what need to be address before mental health is questioned. Who is bullying kids, why are they bullying other kids and how long before those kids retaliate on the bully?
If you were being bullied by someone would you seek their tent out? Armed with a knife? This is also a serious question, which could prove intent. Eyewitnesses said he told Austin to hit him. Was he baiting him?
Stop spreading disinformation. A young man was murdered in cold blood and you’re making up b.s. to blame the victim. You should be ashamed of yourself and embarrassed for having zero empathy.
We have not put out any information on this case. All we simply said is two families have been destroyed from this. That should be a reason for parents to wake up and smell the shit they have been eating for many years. This solely falls on the school district who for years has denied problems and spent money on unnecessary things instead of what they should have like protecting our children.
Did not mean that to be directed at you … toward the people libeling the murdered teenager and parroting the typic race-based disinformation that gives credibility to Jacob Blake, Michael Brown, George Floyd, and Juicy Smollett to name a few. It’s pathetic that suddenly some sympathize with a murderer and spread disinformation to fuel another Race Hoax.