OAN Staff Abril Elfi
12:54 PM – Thursday, July 10, 2025
Karmelo Anthony, the now-18-year-old who admitted to fatally stabbing student Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet, is set to face a jury trial on June 1, 2026.
Last month, Anthony was indicted by a grand jury in connection to Metcalf’s fatal stabbing.
The stabbing occurred when Metcalf, a Memorial High School junior, requested Anthony, a Centennial High School student, to move from underneath his school’s pop-up tent during a rain delay — but Anthony refused, according to the arrest report.
Anthony then unzipped a bag, reached inside, and told Metcalf “touch me and see what happens,” a witness told police. According to authorities, Metcalf then “grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out … a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.”
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter, quickly raced to Austin’s rescue, but he was unable to save him. Hunter could be seen crying while holding his brother’s bloody chest, witnesses stated.
“I put my hand on [his chest], tried to make [the bleeding] stop, and I grabbed his head and I looked into his eyes. I just saw his soul leave. And it took my soul, too,” Hunter told Fox News in an emotional interview the following day.
Soon after the incident, Anthony also attempted to flee the scene, but he was caught and arrested — bluntly admitting to police that he was guilty of the crime and had no qualms about it whatsoever.
“I’m not alleged, I did it,” Anthony confessed to police as he was being taken into custody, according to the arrest report. “I was protecting myself,” Anthony told cops. “He put his hands on me.”
Last month, the Frisco Independent School District released video footage of the incident. The video, recorded on a fixed camera at David Kuykendall Stadium, did not show any fighting, pushing or physical altercation between the boys prior to the attack.
Anthony was released from jail and placed on house arrest after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
Despite raising at least $544,898 on fundraising platform GiveSendGo, some recent reports claim that Anthony has been declared indigent, meaning he’s officially considered unable to pay legal fees—and would thus qualify for a court-appointed lawyer.
“While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses. The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures,” the fundraising page states.
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