I called it yesterday, didn’t I?
I said everyday this story seems to get worse. “Wonder what will happen tomorrow?”
Well, tomorrow arrived.
And now the story is that Jeff Metcalf, father of murdered track star Austin Metcalf, was swatted Thursday night.
This occurred just hours after a fiery press conference by the accused killer’s family.
Frisco police confirmed the gunshot call to the Metcalf home was fake and part of a swatting hoax.
Austin was fatally stabbed at a track meet earlier this month. Suspect Karmelo Anthony is facing murder charges.
Just days after his appearance at the press conference for the teen accused of killing his son, Jeff Metcalf-the father of Austin was the target of a swatting incident.
Frisco police responded to a false report of a shooting at the Metcalf’shome.
This is disgraceful!! pic.twitter.com/mtPJyncW9S— Christina (@Trina13501834) April 18, 2025
Fox News reports:
Jeff Metcalf, the father of slain Frisco, Texas, track star Austin Metcalf, told Fox News Digital his home was swatted Thursday night.
“I can confirm that last night our officers responded to a gunshot call in the 8000 block of Hickory Street involving the Metcalf family, which turned out to be swatting,” the Frisco Police Department (FPD) confirmed.
It happened a few hours after an incendiary press conference hosted by the spokesman for the family of Metcalf’s alleged killer, Karmelo Anthony.
Anthony is charged with murdering Metcalf after the two 17-year-olds got into a dispute under a tent at a high school track meet April 2. Anthony allegedly stabbed Metcalf, who died in his twin brother’s arms.
Swatting is when a 911 call is made, usually to report a fake violent crime, to get police and sometimes even SWAT teams, to respond to the address given by the caller. It has increasingly been used as an intimidation tactic to target high-profile individuals and political rivals.
ADVERTISEMENTThursday’s press conference was scheduled after Anthony was released from the Collin County Jail Monday when his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000. The controversial decision led to questions about how hundreds of thousands of dollars raised for the Anthony family online were being spent.
Jeff Metcalf attended the press conference, which quickly devolved into chaos after Dominique Alexander criticized Metcalf’s presence there at the outset of the event.
Evil upon evil.
DEVELOPING: Frisco PD confirms to @wfaa that the home of Jeff Metcalf was swatted earlier tonight.
Metcalf tells me no one was home at the time.
Press release is below. Address redacted.
This happening hours after Metcalf made a surprise appearance at a press conference… pic.twitter.com/5XjbXzdAJS
— Matt Howerton (@HowertonNews) April 18, 2025
Like I’ve been saying. This whole case is a watershed moment.
Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, was swatted last night. This man is already grieving the loss of his son to an unspeakable act of evil—and now he’s targeted again by cowards hiding behind a phone.
This is darkness upon darkness. As believers, we must stand for truth, pray… pic.twitter.com/yVQmQauerQ
— Arch Kennedy (@ArchKennedy) April 18, 2025
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