Karmelo Anthony convicted of murder in fatal stabbing at a Texas high school track meet
The same jury rejected self-defense and later set Anthony’s sentence at 35 years after less than three hours of deliberation, prosecutors said.
- A Texas jury found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in a fatal stabbing at a high school track meet in 2025. Anthony had argued he acted in self-defense, but jurors rejected that claim.
- After a trial that drew national attention, jurors convicted Anthony of murder and later sentenced him to 35 years in prison for the death of Metcalf, who was stabbed during an altercation at a Frisco, Texas, track meet.
- The verdict came after several days of testimony about the confrontation between the two teenagers. Prosecutors described the stabbing as an unjustified attack, while the defense maintained Anthony feared for his safety and acted in self-defense.
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‘Terrifying if that is true’: Glenn Beck reveals the chilling reality the Karmelo Anthony trial just exposed
On June 9, Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.He was found guilty in the April 2, 2025, fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a track athlete from a rival high school, during a Frisco Independent School District track meet in Frisco, Texas. Anthony, then a student at Centennial High, stabbed Metcalf in the chest during an altercation.Anthony’s defense claimed he acted in self-defense, despite…
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Senseless murder at a high-school track meet can be expected to make national news, but if the murderer is black and the victim is white, the story is destined to disappear quickly from the spotlight. On April 2, 2025, 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony in Frisco, Texas after Anthony sat under the tent of Metcalf’s high school and refused to move. The story vanished after the shock wore off. The story …
Karmelo Anthony and Race ‘Justice’ – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
A Texas jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf in April 2025, rejecting Anthony’s claim that the killing was an act of self-defense. Anthony was sentenced to serve a 35-year sentence, with eligibility for parole after serving half of the time. The incident occurred at a track meet after a group of students from Metcalf’s school, Frisco Memorial High School, saw Anthony under their team’s tent in the …
The Grotesque Knife Detail And Harrowing Witness Moments That Secured Karmelo Anthony’s Decades-Long Sentence
A teenage boy’s split-second decision to pull a knife from his backpack has landed him a decades-long prison sentence. In a trial that captured national attention, Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years behind bars for violently ending the life of Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas. “For journalists, activists, this is a story. For our family, this is our reality,” the victim’s mother, Meghan Metcalf, said in court. Karmelo Anthony’s spl…
Karmelo Anthony Sentenced Over Fatal High School Stabbing: What to Know
One day after a jury convicted Karmelo Anthony for the murder of a fellow high school athlete, Austin Metcalf, his attorneys said they will appeal his case. Anthony was sentenced on June 9 to 35 years in prison for the crime; the jury rejected the lesser charge of manslaughter. “We believe there are several important issues for the appellate courts to consider,” Mike Howard, Anthony’s attorney, told TMZ. “An appeal is the next part of the legal …
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