Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleKarmelo Anthony, 19, has appealed his murder conviction after being sentenced to 35 years for stabbing fellow high schooler Austin Metcalf, 17. The incident occurred during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025, when Anthony refused to leave a rival school's tent. Anthony's legal team argued self-defense, but a Collin County jury found him guilty of murder after a nearly week-long trial. Jurors deliberated for under three hours before delivering a unanimous guilty verdict and imposing the 35-year prison sentence. Despite initial social media speculation, both legal teams and Metcalf's family stated that race was not a factor in the murder. In fullKarmelo Anthony appeals his murder conviction after being sentenced to 35 years for track meet stabbingThank 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

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

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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.

"Texas law says a murder conviction is punishable by five to 99 years in state prison."

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.

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A Texas teenager who prosecutors said provoked an athlete from a rival team before fatally stabbing him at a track meet has been found guilty of murder.

A Texas teenager who prosecutors said provoked an athlete from a rival team before fatally stabbing him at a track meet has been found guilty of murder.