Nationwide — Newly revealed court documents are bringing intense scrutiny to the background of Austin Metcalf, the white teenager tragically stabbed and killed by Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager from the same school in Frisco, Texas. His death at a high school track meet has become a nationally followed case. More than 20 pages of Metcalf’s behavioral history were discussed during a hearing connected to the case after the information had previously been kept from the jury and the public. The records detail a series of incidents involving racial slurs, vandalism, alleged bullying, violence, profanity, and anger problems.
According to CBS News, among the most striking revelations is a juvenile graffiti incident involving Metcalf and his brother, Hunter. According to court documents, the brothers were caught spray painting racist and antisemitic messages, including “KKK kill all blacks,” “Heil Hitler,” and the N-word. They were sentenced to 12 months of juvenile probation. When questioned by authorities, the brothers reportedly acknowledged their behavior by saying, “we did some dumb stuff” and “we did some vandalism.”
The records also describe several other documented instances in which Metcalf allegedly used racial slurs at school. In 2023, he was accused of bullying a Black student in class. Those incidents add new context to the teenager’s disciplinary history and show that the graffiti episode was not the only time allegations involving racially offensive behavior appeared in his records.
Metcalf’s behavioral history also included allegations of bullying and physical aggression. Court documents state that in 2018, while still in elementary school, Metcalf and his brother were accused of bullying and assaulting a female, an incident that resulted in Metcalf’s arrest. In another reported confrontation in 2024, Metcalf allegedly knocked a female student to the ground and punched her in the stomach. After being removed from a football game on another occasion, he reportedly texted that he had been about to “beat the [expletive] out of those kids.”
Other records point to repeated problems involving anger and aggressive language. At an earlier track meet, when a student told Metcalf that someone behind their team’s bench was “talking wild,” Metcalf reportedly responded, “Kill that mf.” School disciplinary records from 2022 through 2024 also show incidents involving profanity, including allegedly calling a teacher the B-word. Metcalf reportedly told a school official that he sometimes could not control what he was saying and was not aware the words were coming out of his mouth.
The documents further show that Metcalf received counseling at least five times in 2024 concerning anger and rage during a football game. He had previously been banned from basketball games for an entire season in 2021 after yelling profanity at a player, and during the 2023-2024 school year he received in-school suspension twice. Court records also state that Metcalf was suspended after he and another student discussed bringing a gun to school the following day. Together, the newly disclosed records present a substantially more complicated picture of Metcalf’s history than what had previously been available to the public.