Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA jury rejected Karmelo Anthony’s claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in stadium bleachers last year (GoFundMe/Frisco Police Department)Karmelo Anthony, 19, has been found guilty of murder in the death of fellow student athlete Austin Metcalf, 17, at a Texas track meet last year.Anthony faces a potential life sentence after the jury rejected his claims of self-defense during the trial. He is set to be sentenced Tuesday.The confrontation occurred when Anthony, a Centennial High School student, was asked to leave the Memorial High School track team's tent, leading to an escalating argument.Witnesses testified that after Metcalf pushed Anthony, Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf in the chest, having previously warned, "Touch me and see what happens."Prosecutors argued Anthony provoked the encounter and could have walked away, while both the prosecution and defense stated that race, despite social media amplification, played no part in the case.In fullKarmelo Anthony convicted of murder after fatally stabbing student athlete at track meet in TexasThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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

The 19-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a track meet in Frisco, Texas.

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…

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

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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

The murder of Texas teen Austin Metcalf became one of the most closely followed cases in the US in the past year, and on Tuesday, the jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of stabbing…

The jury in the Karmelo Anthony case has reached a verdict in the trial over the stabbing of Austin Metcalf during a track meet last year in Frisco.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school event in Frisco, Texas.

A Texas jury reached a guilty verdict Tuesday in the trial of Karmelo Anthony, 19, who was convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf.