Nationwide — Kala Hayes, the mom of Karmelo Anthony, the Black teen charged with homicide in a deadly faculty monitor meet stabbing in Frisco, Texas, has spoken publicly for the primary time. She stated her household has confronted threats and harassment because the incident and known as for a good investigation.
Anthony, a scholar at Frisco Centennial Excessive College, was arrested after 17-year-old Austin Metcalf of Frisco Memorial Excessive College was stabbed on April 2. Police stated the stabbing occurred throughout an altercation within the stadium bleachers.
In keeping with witnesses, Metcalf requested Anthony to go away a crew tent. Anthony allegedly warned him to not contact him. When Metcalf grabbed him, Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed him as soon as within the chest. He later informed police he acted in self-defense.
Anthony was initially held on a $1 million bond, however it was reduced to $250,000. He’s now below home arrest.
At a press briefing in Dallas, Anthony’s mom, Kala Hayes, stated her household has been harassed because the incident. She stated they’ve been receiving loss of life threats and her husband needed to depart work attributable to security considerations.
“Within the wake of this tragic incident, our household has been below assault,” Hayes informed ABC News. “No matter you suppose what occurred… my three youthful youngsters, my husband and I didn’t do something to need to be threatened, harassed and lied about.”
The press occasion was organized by the Subsequent Era Motion Community, a social justice group supporting the household. The group denied rumors that donation funds have been spent on luxurious objects, saying the household hasn’t obtained any of the cash.
Anthony might face expulsion from faculty earlier than his commencement. Frisco ISD stated it follows commonplace procedures for college students charged with severe crimes, together with a listening to earlier than making closing selections.
Hayes stated the household believes within the authorized course of and requested for persistence and prayers because the case strikes ahead.
