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DOJ Arrests Kansas City Woman Over Threats to Jeff Metcalf

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC · How we work

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Kansas City woman Sharifa Nicole Henderson was arrested by the DOJ for threatening Austin Metcalf’s father.
She was indicted on three counts of interstate threatening communications, each carrying up to five years imprisonment.
The threats, sent via Facebook Messenger on June 9, 10 and 11 2026, warned she would kill Jeff Metcalf.
Jeff Metcalf reported over 100 threats and six swatting incidents since his son Austin Metcalf’s murder.
U.S. Marshals are transporting Henderson to North Texas.

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Story summary

Kansas City woman Sharifa Nicole Henderson was arrested by the DOJ for threatening Austin Metcalf’s father.
She was indicted on three counts of interstate threatening communications, each carrying up to five years imprisonment.
The threats, sent via Facebook Messenger on June 9, 10 and 11 2026, warned she would kill Jeff Metcalf.
Jeff Metcalf reported over 100 threats and six swatting incidents since his son Austin Metcalf’s murder.
U.S. Marshals are transporting Henderson to North Texas.