Insets, from left: Karmelo Anthony (Frisco Police Department), Austin Metcalf (GoFundMe), and Edward Jacob Lang at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 (DOJ). Background: Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, where Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf (KXAS).
A Jan. 6 participant who openly boasted about taking part in the assault on the U.S. Capitol — and later received a pardon from President Donald Trump — is back in custody, now accused of threatening to kill a teenager who was standing trial for murder.
Edward Jacob Lang, 31, a right-wing influencer, was taken into custody on June 10 and processed at the Collin County jail in Texas, according to the Collin County Sheriff”s Office.
According to CBS Texas, court records claim Lang was captured during a livestream saying he intended to kill Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing fellow teen Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco. Jail records show Lang is charged with making a terroristic threat.
CBS Texas reported that video allegedly shows Lang approaching and confronting Anthony supporters outside the courthouse on June 4, the opening day of testimony.
“He won’t be playing basketball,” Lang says in the recording. “I will be waiting outside this courthouse. Guess what? Headshot. Done.”
Just days before that arrest, Lang had been taken into custody on a trespassing allegation after visiting David Kuykendall Stadium, the site of the fatal encounter, local Fox affiliate KDFW reported.
On June 9, Anthony was found guilty of murder and received a 35-year prison sentence.
Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang (Collin County (Tex.) Sheriff’s Office).
As Law&Crime previously reported, Anthony and Metcalf encountered each other when Anthony came to the tent for Metcalf’s high school during the April 2, 2025, track meet. According to an arrest affidavit, one witness stated that Metcalf told Anthony he had to move his seat in the bleachers. The witness told police that after Anthony was asked to leave, he reached inside his bag and told Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens.”
The witness said that Metcalf then reportedly touched Anthony, and Anthony allegedly prodded Metcalf to punch him. Metcalf then allegedly grabbed Anthony, at which point a witness told police that Anthony allegedly “stabbed Austin once in the chest and then ran away.” The alleged weapon was reportedly found in the bleachers.
Both Anthony and Metcalf were 17 years old at the time. Anthony said he was acting in self-defense.
“I was protecting myself,” he told police at the time. He also reportedly acknowledged that he did stab Metcalf.
Anthony was reportedly “emotional” and “crying hysterically” as he was being taken away from the stadium by officers. On his way back to the squad car, Anthony reportedly said, unprompted, “He put his hands on me, I told him not to.” He also reportedly asked officers if Metcalf was “going to be OK.”
The case sparked contentious debate over issues of race and bias in the criminal trial. Anthony, who is Black, was convicted by an all-white jury, and he has since been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of Metcalf, who was white.
As Law&Crime previously reported, Lang was arrested in the weeks following Jan. 6, after posting pictures and video of himself at the riot and proudly admitting he was there. He was ultimately convicted and spent a total of four years behind bars until Trump’s mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters in January 2025.
Collin County Sheriff’s Office records indicate that Lang remains in custody on a $250,000 bond.
