Since then, the Metcalf family has started a GoFundMe page in Austin’s honor, which has collected more than $200,000.
Andrew Anthony, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s morals and insisted that he was not the aggressor in a different interview.
According to the New York Post, he said, “Everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he’s not what they’re making him out to be.”
He’s a decent young man. He has two jobs. He has a 3.7 GPA and is an A student. It wasn’t him who initiated it.
He continued: “I feel bad for the other parents and family, and words can’t explain how both [families] have been affected by this tragedy.”
