Karmelo Anthony's reps call police on Austin Metcalf's father for attending press conference after his boy was stabbed to death

Representatives for Karmelo Anthony in his murder case in the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf called the police on Metcalf's father for showing up to a Thursday press conference that they were holding.

According to ABC 8, the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), which is a Dallas-based activist group that has taken on the role of publicly defending Anthony, called the police and asked Jeff Metcalf to be removed from the scene. 

Anthony has been released from jail and placed under house arrest after being charged with the murder of Austin Metcalf. Anthony admitted to stabbing Metcalf at a track meet, according to police. He has claimed self-defense in the case that has garnered national media attention.
 

Next Generation Action Network called the cops on the father of Austin Metcalf after he showed up to listen to the Karmelo Anthony press conference.

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