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Reporter’s notebook. Surveillance video inside Kuykendall Stadium viewed by NBC 5
Through an open records request, NBC 5 was able to view surveillance video inside the stadium showing the moments before and after the deadly incident.
Though the Frisco ISD complied with the open records requirement, they implemented strict viewing guidelines because the video included minors. NBC 5, like other media members present, was not provided a copy of the video and could not record it. We had to watch the video play out in real time with a district representative without being able to stop or rewind it.
The representative was not able to say when or where Metcalf or Anthony appeared on screen.
Here’s what we could see:
The surveillance camera is also located across the field from where the incident took place.
The yellow tent in question was set up in the bleachers near the 50-yard line.
Most, but not all, of the tent is visible on camera.
There was no sound.
A second camera facing the parking lot does not capture the incident, according to a district representative.
No one is identifiable, but several people dressed in all black are clearly huddled underneath the tent as rain falls.
Teens stretch on the track, and others walk to and from the bleachers.
At 9:52 a.m., some individuals were seen holding umbrellas or wearing ponchos, including one person in a yellow poncho seen sitting down at the tent.
At 9:53 a.m., an individual in a black suit approached a person with a yellow poncho.
At 9:54 a.m., another individual with a light-colored top, possibly white, is seen at the tent.
It is unknown if these individuals are involved in the incident; they simply stand out among the sea of black outfits.
Seconds later, there’s a sudden burst of movement underneath the tent, sending people running in all directions.
It is clear that some people inside the stadium did not fully understand what was happening.
Some stand still, some teens keep warming up and other people are seen gesturing toward the bleachers.
The video shows individuals, appearing to be trainers, running from across the field toward the tent.
Again, it is impossible to decipher who is who and what exactly is transpiring from the video alone.
A crowd forms and moves toward the bottom of the tent, around what appears to be the victim.
A police cruiser is seen arriving at 10 a.m.
The police report previously stated that no school resource officers or Frisco police officers were inside the stadium at the time of the incident, but one SRO was close by and arrived soon after.
At 10:04 a.m., an ambulance arrived and drove on the track toward the victim. Paramedics roll a stretcher out, but because there is a fence separating them and the victim, they have to walk around and double back to get to the injured teen, who is reported to be unconscious and not breathing.
Coaching staff initiated life-saving measures before paramedics arrived.
At 10:08 a.m., police begin taping off a section of the bleachers as rain starts to pick back up.
At 10:09 a.m., two officers are focused on an area just above the yellow tent and proceed to cover something with a large blue tarp.
The arrest report later states the blue tarp is used to cover and preserve a ‘partially-opened’ black knife with blood on it.
Rain continues to intensify.
The officers use a backpack, the only Centennial backpack in the immediate area, to weigh down the tarp because of the windy, wet conditions.
According to the arrest report, officers later learned the backpack belonged to the suspect.
At 10:13 a.m., paramedics begin to wheel the victim away as the ambulance backs up closer to the exit.
Life-saving measures continue.
At 10:20 a.m., the ambulance drove away.
The 17-year-old is declared dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
In a video message released following Tuesday’s indictment, Anthony’s high-profile defense attorney Mike Howard cautioned the public against rushing to judgment and said the full story has not yet been heard, not even by the grand jury, he said.
“We expect that when the full story is heard, the prosecution will not be able to rule out the reasonable doubt that Karmelo Anthony may have acted in self-defense,” Howard said.
The burden, Howard emphasized, was not theirs to prove. It will be up to the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Anthony did not act in self-defense.
“It's only in a trial that both sides get to present evidence and cross-examine each other's witnesses,” said Howard.
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