New footage of the moment Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed at a Texas track meet has shed light on the horrific incident.
Local TV station WFAA obtained exclusive, yet limited access to surveillance footage capturing the April 2 confrontation between Metcalf, a Memorial High School junior, and Karmelo Anthony, the student who was charged with murdering Metcalf.
While The Frisco Independent School District allowed the outlet to watch the video, a copy of the footage was not provided, nor did they allow any images of it to be taken, citing student privacy and school security concerns.
The video was described as a wide angle shot that had a distant view of Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The incident was seen in a tiny portion of the upper left hand corner of the screen, according to WFAA.
The camera reportedly showed the Memorial High School pop-up tent for the track meet, the area Anthony was accused of barging into before he allegedly pulled a knife out of his bag and stabbed Metcalf.
Metcalf and Anthony, then a senior at rival Centennial High School, were not identifiable in the video provided by the school district, WFAA reported.
At 9:55am, a sudden movement was seen at the tent on the bleachers, but the alleged stabbing was not visible, according to the outlet.
New footage viewed by local TV station WFAA showed there was a commotion following the moment Austin Metcalf (left) was allegedly stabbed by Karmelo Anthony (right) on April 2 at a track meet in Frisco, Texas
Pictured: An aerial view of where the confrontation between Metcalf and Anthony occurred
There was a lot of moving in tent but it was all heavily pixelated, showing figures at the top of the bleachers. Some of them were positioned just above the tent and others were just below.
Shortly after the observed sudden movement, several people believed to be students were seen running from the area. Others on the field reacted by moving toward a back gate.
Paramedics were seen arriving at the scene about nine minutes after the stabbing, entering through the same back gate and parking on the middle of the field.
It’s been previously reported that Metcalf’s twin brother Hunter was with him and held him as he was bleeding out under the tent.
On the video, paramedics were seen wheeling a gurney to the bottom of the bleachers to begin their attempt to save Metcalf’s life.
About 15 minutes after the incident, a tarp was raised over the bleachers and rain was beginning to fall heavily at this time.
About 26 minutes after the stabbing took place, emergency medical services left and were replaced with people believed to be law enforcement setting up a crime scene.
The surveillance footage viewed by WFAA is expected to be a key piece of evidence for the grand jury, which will decide by late June whether Anthony’s murder charge should be upheld.
It’s been previously reported that Metcalf’s twin brother Hunter was with him and held him as he was bleeding out under the tent
Anthony (pictured) was released from jail on a $250,000 bond. Now his family has raised over $535,000 for his legal defense and a safe home for him amid death threats they say they’ve received
Anthony’s attorney, Mike Howard, confirmed to WFAA that he’s seen this video, but neither the victim’s family or the suspect’s family have disclosed whether they’ve seen it.
Metcalf and Anthony were two track athletes from opposing schools, and they both attended the April 2 sporting event.
Witnesses told police that Anthony for some reason migrated over to the Memorial High School pop-up tent, according to an arrest affidavit. When he was told to leave by Metcalf, that’s when things went bad.
Anthony unzipped his bag and reached in, telling Metcalf: ‘Touch me and see what happens,’ a witness told police.
The affidavit says Metcalf then ‘grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out… a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.’
Anthony is accused of fleeing the scene and tossing the knife into the bleachers.
He was arrested shortly after. Responding officers said Anthony told them he was ‘protecting myself’ and that Metcalf had ‘put his hands on me.’
Anthony also told officers, ‘I’m not the alleged, I did it,’ according to the affidavit.
Anthony lives in an ritzy gated community, Richwoods, in Frisco, Texas. The 17-year-old will spend his house arrest in this $900,000 home the family is renting
Anthony is under house arrest and is currently wearing an ankle monitor as he awaits the next developments in the case against him.
The horrific killing at the track meet has divided the community and nation at large, with Anthony’s family claiming they have been left too afraid to leave their home over racist attacks.
Meanwhile, others are outraged that Anthony’s family has been able to raise upwards of $535,000 on crowd-funding site GiveSendGo to support his legal defense.
That money also went toward paying the rent for a $900,000 home in a luxury gated community in Frisco.
‘While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses,’ Anthony’s mom, Kala Hayes, who administers the GoFundMe account posted.
‘The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures.’
Perhaps the only reason Anthony is under house arrest is because a judge controversially lowered his bond from $1 million to $250,000.
His family has claimed that none of the money they raised went to posting Anthony’s bond, which he did on April 7, allowing him to walk free.
