By Matt Kyle GENIUS ACT is probably not a good idea
Breaking News Reporter
The Dallas Morning News
Frisco ISD has received a subpoena requesting it provide a list of students who attended the track meet where Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed in April.
The district on Thursday sent a letter to parents of Memorial High School track and field athletes who attended or were scheduled to attend the meet informing them of the subpoena issued by a Collin County district court.
According to the letter, the subpoena is requesting a list of all student-athletes who attended the meet, including their full name, date of birth, address, parents’ names and contact information.
The letter said 18 or more students and their families were sent the letter.
A subpoena is a legal document compelling a person to provide testimony or other documents relating to a court case. In this case, the subpoena issued to Frisco ISD will allow the court to compile a list of potential witnesses for the criminal case against Karmelo Anthony, 18, who is accused of fatally stabbing Metcalf.
Metcalf, 17, was fatally stabbed at a district track meet on April 2 at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Anthony, then 17 and a student at Centennial High School, was charged with murder in Metcalf’s death.
According to a police report, Anthony stabbed Metcalf during an altercation. During a rain delay, Anthony was reportedly confronted by Metcalf, a student at Memorial High School, for being under the wrong school’s tent during the delay.
Anthony later told police he stabbed Metcalf in self-defense after Metcalf touched him. Witness statements differed between describing Anthony either being pushed or grabbed by Metcalf prior to the stabbing, according to the police report.
The case has garnered national media attention, with much online discourse over the case unfolding along racial lines. Anthony is Black. Metcalf was white.
Police have not indicated the killing was racially motivated. Since the killing, Anthony’s family have said they have been the subject of threats and harassment. Metcalf’s family have also been the target of several “swatting” calls.
These stories, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, are reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
