Closing arguments are planned Tuesday in a Texas courtroom in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year

Racial divisions around the case have propelled it to the national forefront, with the Black teen accused of killing a white fellow high schooler.

Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet are calling more witnesses as a trial enters a second week.

Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet are calling more witnesses as a trial enters a second week

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet called more witnesses Monday to try to support a

Defense attorneys insist the teen felt threatened and believed he needed to defend himself

A teenager who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet was upset immediately after the confrontation and said he had warned the victim “not to touch me,” a…

Closing arguments are expected Tuesday as jurors are sequestered in their hotel and have been instructed to stay off social media.

Closing arguments are underway in a Texas courtroom in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year.

A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old athlete from a rival track team has been found guilty of murder

Closing arguments are planned Tuesday in a Texas courtroom in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a high school athlete at a Texas track competition was “murder plain and simple,” a prosecutor declared Tuesday before a jury began

Closing arguments are planned Tuesday in a Texas courtroom in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year

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A Texas jury will have the final word in the case of Karmelo Anthony, a former high school student accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, an unarmed 17-year-old competitor,…

Jurors have reached a verdict in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year, according to CNN affiliate KTVT.

The deadly stabbing occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2, 2025, during a track and field competition.

Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed in April of 2025 during a district-wide track meet in Frisco, a Dallas suburb.

The trial of Karmelo Anthony centered on whether he acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet in 2025.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, was charged with first-degree murder in the April 2025 death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in Frisco, Texas.

The courtroom was packed as the public passed through an extra security checkpoint to get inside and watch before jurors began deliberations