Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager who allegedly fatally stabbed another high school boy at a track meet, was charged with first degree murder on Tuesday.
Anthony, 17, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday for allegedly killing Austin Metcalf, also 17, during an altercation on April 2 over where Anthony was sitting at the University Interscholastic League’s District 11-5A championship in the Frisco area.
“For weeks, my team has been presenting evidence to the grand jury. Today, I summarized that evidence, and I asked the Grand Jury to return a first-degree murder indictment against Karmelo Anthony, which they did,” Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said at a press conference on Tuesday.
DA Greg Willis Announces First-Degree Murder Indictment in Frisco Track Meet Stabbing Death of Austin Metcalf; Karmelo Anthony Charged
Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced today that a Collin County Grand Jury has indicted a defendant for First-Degree Murder in… pic.twitter.com/2KPb9jreKE
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Anthony faces up to life in prison if he is convicted. Judge Angela Tucker, a Republican, is presiding over the case.
Anthony was freed on $250,000 bond with an ankle monitor after his legal team got his bond slashed from $1 million, citing financial hardship.
However, the case sparked outrage and aggravated racial tensions when Anthony’s fundraiser page raised more than $530,000 and his family moved into a $900,000 home in a gated community in Frisco. They also hired security.
Anthony had been attending Frisco Centennial High School at the time of the stabbing, while Metcalf was an athlete at Frisco Memorial High School.
At the track meet, Metcalf allegedly told Anthony he had to move out from under the Memorial High School tent, a witness told police. Anthony allegedly responded by reaching inside his bag and telling Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens.”
Metcalf reportedly then touched Anthony, who told him to punch him and see what happens. At one point, Metcalf reportedly grabbed Anthony to get him to move, and Anthony then pulled out a black knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest, then ran away.
Anthony’s lawyer, Mike Howard, released a video response to the indictment, arguing that his client’s actions were “self-defense.”
“We are confident that when all the facts are presented and the full story is heard, the jury will reach the right conclusion and justice will be done,” Howard said.
In April, Howard declined to say why Anthony had brought a knife to a track meet.
“That’s an understandable question, but it’s not something that we are prepared to go into,” the attorney said. “It would be irresponsible for me or them to say this is why. We ask that the public, as hard as it is, withhold judgment.”
Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said he is “pleased that we are moving forward.”
“With the first degree murder indictment, it now goes into the court system,” Metcalf’s father said. “I fully believe that justice will be served for Austin Metcalf. I look forward to the forthcoming trial. But it will never bring my son back.”
