Reports of high school football player Austin Metcalf’s death shocked the sports world, and because his supposed assailant was Black it gave those with divisive intentions the fuel to start spewing racist, false information and presenting Metcalf as a random victim.

Frisco Police Say Austin Metcalf Was Aggressor In His Death By Stabbing
Although social media likes to paint its own stories and produce its own truths, the Frisco, Texas Police department is still investigating and has dismissed reports that Metcalf was an innocent victim who was killed by a vicious low life over a seat.

However, they also say a false report is circulating on IG that is being misrepresented as an official statement from the police department in order to stir up racial turmoil.

The fake statement read as such:

“Authorities are still investigating the recent stabbing of Austin Metcalf that happened at a track rally. However, it has come to our attention that a number of Far-Right bloggers have been spreading misinformation on social media about the incident or intentionally omitting the details and circumstances that resulted in the stabbing.

We are also disturbed by the number of news articles that have been posting highly misleading and vague headlines falsely insinuating the victim was stabbed and killed at random. So just for clarification, We would like to reiterate yet again that This was NOT a random or unprovoked attack. Our department has made that clear numerous times in news Interviews and press conferences. It was also not racially motivated. The victim was stabbed during a mutual combat altercation that that the White teen initiated with the suspect.

Austin started a confrontation with the suspect because by demanding a seat at the David Kuykendall Stadium that the black teen had first. When he refused to give them the seat an argument ensued and Austin then sucker punched him in the face and smashed his phone down onto one of the bleachers causing the screen to crack during. The track rally did NOT have any assigned seating at the stadium for this event and patrons and the suspect were free to sit wherever they wanted in the facility.

Both teens then got into a mutual combat brawl after the white teen punched the suspect in the face and Austin got stabbed while that altercation was taking place.

So the suspect did NOT randomly stab Austin in the heart after he was told he was sitting in the wrong spot as several bloggers online have inaccurately claimed. The suspect is claiming self-defense and a grand jury will determine if this was self-defense under Texas law.

The suspect was charged with murder strictly as a preliminary measure before we knew any of the facts on what led to the stabbing. The charges could be reclassified, or downgraded as more evidence is reviewed. We will not allow bad actors try to create racial division in our community by spreading intentional misinformation.

The exact same misinformation was also spread by the right-wing media in states outside our jurisdictions including the Kaylee Gain case, Ethan Liming case and Alabama Boat Brawl cases which got national outrage on social media due to false racial optics by an din each case also later turned out to be incidents of black individuals fighting back against assaults made by white suspects who attacked them first.

So that’s why we are asking the community to please wait for all of the facts. While this incident is obviously a tragedy for our community and for the family, the fact of the matter is that Austin attacked the African-American teenager first and the suspect was punched, assaulted and being beaten prior to stabbing Austin to death.

Anyone who has additional information is urged to contact us at 972-292-6010 or to submit a tip via Tip411 by texting FRISCOPD.”

At first it looked like this statement would change plenty about how the situation has been spun and racially exploited for terrible political purposes. While the statement was clearly a ploy to re-direct the narrative to issues that weren’t initially addressed in most media reporting, new details concerning the stabbing present a different picture.

Initial Reports Falsely Paint Karmelo Anthony As Aggressor
According to newer reports Austin Metcalf was the aggressor and while the situation should have never ended in murder Metcalf, who was allegedly with a group of kids punched Karmelo Anthony first.

According to @12News, the suspect reportedly told the officer who arrested him that the 17-year-old victim “put his hands on [him]” and that he admitted that “I did it.”

Reports suggested that Anthony was sitting in Metcalf’s seat and stabbed him after he was asked to get up. There seems to be some conflicting stories emerging about the validity of the story. This is another example of the power of social media and how narratives get distorted based on someone’s personal agenda.

Anthony is claiming he was protecting himself, according to the arrest affidavit.

One witness reportedly told police that Metcalf stepped to Anthony and told him he would need to move out from under his team’s tent, the affidavit stated. Anthony is a student at Centennial High School but was reportedly sitting under Memorial High School’s tent.

Anthony reportedly opened his bag and told Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens,” according to a witness.

Soon afterward, the witness said, Metcalf reportedly physically grabbed Anthony to tell him to move. At which point, the affidavit continues, Anthony reportedly pulled out what the witness recalled as a black knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest before fleeing the scene.

There were numerous posts with Anthony’s face on it and people acting as if he was a vicious killer with blood on his mind who took advantage of a wholesome boy. Never mentioned he played football or attended a nearby school. That’s not the case, and even if he overreacted police have admitted that the murder charge might not stick as details are revealed

Austin Metcalf’s Mother and Brother Speak
There is no conflict about Metcalf’s current state and it’s beyond sad. His mother and brother spoke to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA.

“I got a phone call from Hunter, he was screaming that Austin had been stabbed,” their mother, Meghan Metcalf, told the station.

“He was holding the wound. He was trying to save his brother,” she said.

Metcalf was transported to a hospital, where he died.

“I tried to help him,” his brother, Hunter Metcalf, told WFAA.

He said he wasn’t allowed in the ambulance to go to the hospital.

“They had to yank me off him,” he told the station.

Media Fuels Racial Toxicity With False Narratives On Austin Metcalf’s Death
Sports media personality Jason Whitlock went on his podcast and blamed Black culture for Metcalf’s death.

“Austin Metcalf is just a drop in the bucket to everything that goes on in the black community. We shoot and kill each other at the tip of a hat. We’re raising our children to buy into Diss culture and adopt a victimhood mentality.”

The flip side of this are the people who actually listen to the facts before burying an entire race of people. It’s still not clear what happened.