Karmelo Anthony indicted in Frisco track meet stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, officials say - How long before Austins father calls for his sons murderer to be pardoned?

Karmelo Anthony indicted in Frisco track meet stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, officials say​

Karmelo Anthony, the Frisco teen charged with murder for an April track meet stabbing, was indicted on a murder charge.

Credit: WFAA

Austin Metcalf (left) was fatally stabbed at a Frisco track meet, and Karmelo Anthony (right) was charged with murder in connection with the case.

Author: Rachel Behrndt

Published: 1:59 PM CDT June 24, 2025

Updated: 2:47 PM CDT June 24, 2025



FRISCO, Texas — Karmelo Anthony, the teen accused of fatally stabbing another teen, Austin Metcalf, at a Frisco track meet, has been indicted on a murder charge, officials said.

A grand jury indicted Anthony on Tuesday, according to the Collin County District Attorney's Office. A murder charge is punishable by 5-99 years or life in prison.



Anthony, a 17-year-old former student of Frisco Centennial High School, was arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of Frisco Memorial High School student athlete Austin Metcalf in April at a track meet in Frisco ISD's Kuykendall Stadium. He was released from jail later that month after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000.

Anthony has claimed self defense in the case, which garnered national attention, heightening racial tensions and raising security concerns among everyone connected to the case, including both families and Judge Angela Tucker, who is presiding over the case.

"We know this case has struck a deep nerve — here in Collin County and beyond," Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said in a statement Tuesday. "That’s understandable. When something like this happens at a school event, it shakes people to the core. But the justice system works best when it moves with steadiness and with principle. That’s what we’re committed to. And that’s exactly what this case deserves."

Anthony's attorney, Mike Howard, called Tuesday's indictment "an expected and routine step in the legal process."

"Karmelo and his family are confident in the justice system and the people of Collin County to be fair and impartial," Howard said. "Of course, Karmelo looks forward to his day in court. It's only in a trial that a jury will hear the full story, one that includes critical facts and context that the grand jury simply didn't get to hear."

Howard again raised Anthony's self defense claim in his statement Tuesday.

"We expect that when the full story is heard, the prosecution will not be able to rule out the reasonable doubt that Karmelo Anthony may have acted in self defense," Howard said. "Self defense is a fundamental right guaranteed every American."



Metcalf's father, Jeff Metcalf, told WFAA in a statement that he's "pleased that we are moving forward."

“With the first degree murder indictment, it now goes into the court system," Jeff Metcalf 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.“

Under his bond conditions, Anthony is required to wear an ankle monitor and ask permission to leave his home. If Anthony violates any conditions of his bond, he will have to return to jail. He graduated and received his high school diploma in May, but did not attend the ceremony, WFAA previously reported.

Anthony allegedly confessed to the stabbing immediately after he was arrested, claiming he was defending himself from Metcalf, officials said, as WFAA previously reported.

A witness reportedly told police that Metcalf told Anthony he had to move out from under the Memorial High School tent. Anthony responded by opening his bag and reaching inside, WFAA previously reported.

"Touch me and see what happens," Anthony told Metcalf, according to a witness.

Metcalf reportedly then touched Anthony, the witness told a responding officer, and Anthony told Metcalf to punch him and see what would happen. Soon afterward, the witness said, Metcalf reportedly grabbed Anthony to tell him to move. At which point, the affidavit continues, Anthony reportedly pulled out what the witness recalled as a black knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest before running away.

The deep tension sparked by the incident has raised concerns that the case may be tried outside of Collin County. Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis told WFAA that the judge will make that decision at the time of trial.

 

[BoobWhiskers]

I'm honestly surprised they're still okay with selecting a jury from the area. I know it's been a year, but between the crime itself and the subsequent dog-and-pony show of the GoFundme, etc there was honestly a lot of publicity around it all last year. It even seemed like that might be part of the POINT of all the hooting and hollering, to make so much noise that there was no way to get a jury from the local, more conservative (?) area and it could get sent somewhere more favorable to good bois.

 

[holyhandgrenade]

Is the trial going to be streamed? I could use for work time audio.

unfortunately the faggot judge won't let it be streamed and is limiting press in the courtoom
all trials should be televised

 

[The Man With No Name]

People saying there are no blacks on the jury because they couldn't be impartial.

Not the case. There are no blacks on the jury because they said whatever needed to be said in order to not spend the next 2 weeks doing jury duty. Most blacks are not race activists, they're just lazy!

 

[Sexy Peach Emoji]

Spoiler: long ass screencap

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See, I want to believe this is real and not a larp because it confirms my biases. I don't believe it is because it confirms my biases.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

So if he successfully gets off on a self-defense plea, others who similarly fail to meet the standards in the future could point to his case as an exemplar.

That's not how that works. The jury are to act as fact finders. They are told the law allegedly violated as written and given the details of the case by both parties. If for some retarded reason if they find that Karmelo has a valid self defence claim, that ruling only impacts Karmelo because the jury found his actions to be valid self defense under the law. Future juries are just going to be told the law as written and the arguments both parties make. Karmelo winning doesn't add a special jury instruction that you can play fast and loose with the rules about self defence.

 

[SITHRAK!]

Karmelo winning doesn't add a special jury instruction that you can play fast and loose with the rules about self defence.

Not what I’m saying but okay.

I'm honestly surprised they're still okay with selecting a jury from the area

I’d have expected a request for a change of venue by the defense on this, preferably to a heavily black area, but I’m not sure Karmelo’s defense team is especially talented.

 

[Sneed's Feed n Seed]

How to fix the justice system.

1. All jury members must be buff white dudes who can bench at least 225.

That's not much of a bar to clear, but it's also so rare it's fucking sad.

 

[CharlesBarkley]

That's not much of a bar to clear, but it's also so rare it's fucking sad.

When I first benched two plates, I immediately said "YAYYYYYY!" - Pulled out my wieiner, and proceeded to just slap it against the bar while screaming nonstop. The only problem was that I forgot I was at Planet Fitness and that they only have Smith machines, so it didn't count. Also, I was banned from Planet Fitness. It was then, at that moment, I knew America was decaying and not rewarding real heroes.

 

[Maori Kiwifruit Growers]

Jury has been selected!!!!!
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that last bit is very worrying.

No niggers, don't worry.

 

[Sneed's Feed n Seed]

When I first benched two plates, I immediately said "YAYYYYYY!" - Pulled out my wieiner, and proceeded to just slap it against the bar while screaming nonstop. The only problem was that I forgot I was at Planet Fitness and that they only have Smith machines, so it didn't count. Also, I was banned from Planet Fitness. It was then, at that moment, I knew America was decaying and not rewarding real heroes.

I was in my basement with Bugenhagen screaming like the crazy fucker he is in my earbuds. Slapped my dick everywhere but nobody cared, felt like I missed out. GF asked what the noise was about. They just don't understand.

Anyway we should go beat up niggers.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Back to my original comment, about black people not always being niggers, unfortunately black people, aka normal people who are black fall into a small, very small minority.

I’d say 90% of blacks are nogs who incompatible with polite modern society. If that percentage got sent back to Africa, leaving us with the Clarence Thomas’s, Larry Elders, etc, we’d be in a much better place as a nation.

A lot of it is because our government incentivizes the worst ones to reproduce because it’s a way for democrats to farm votes and political power. They don’t want them to be competent or independent. They want them to rely on the state so they do what the state wants. They’re objectively poorer and less educated now than they were 126 years ago.

 

[thx1138]

At this point the nignog is going to walk. You're gonna wind up with an activist judge, a jury of AWFLs and/or other blacks, and that's that.

And even if the second point isn't true you know they're gonna let him walk rather than convict, because they're scared of the riots that'll ensue.

 

[YarrBlueballs]

Not the case. There are no blacks on the jury because they said whatever needed to be said in order to not spend the next 2 weeks doing jury duty.

I desperately wanted to be a juror when I was called, partly out of duty to the principles of justice, and partly just to enjoy the bullshit that is court first hand, but alas.

As for blacks, I think you're wrong. Every study in the world proves that they're hyper race conscious and extremely tribalistic to the point of schizophrenia with very few exceptions (Boss Nigger on SCOTUS, Malcolm X ironically enough, black store owners and black cops seem tied in terms of how much they hate niggers). The majority don't realize that you could say something to be taken off the jury, because they assume that protecting a young blood is normal and that there is nothing morally, ethically, or legally wrong with admitting that. That it's just racism that keeps them off trials.

They know he's a murderer, same as Bill Cosby, but because it was against a whitey they think it's fine because whites aren't really people to them, just faceless slave owners yada yada yada propaganda. They're too self aggrandizing and/or too stupid to realize they shouldn't admit they're racist as fuck though. Remember, black culture is extreme face culture, black izzat is even more performative than it's Asianic counterparts, and based nearly exclusively on racism.

 

[The Man With No Name]

As for blacks, I think you're wrong. Every study in the world proves that they're hyper race conscious and extremely tribalistic to the point of schizophrenia with very few exceptions (Boss Nigger on SCOTUS, Malcolm X ironically enough, black store owners and black cops seem tied in terms of how much they hate niggers). The majority don't realize that you could say something to be taken off the jury, because they assume that protecting a young blood is normal and that there is nothing morally, ethically, or legally wrong with admitting that. That it's just racism that keeps them off trials.

They know he's a murderer, same as Bill Cosby, but because it was against a whitey they think it's fine because whites aren't really people to them, just faceless slave owners yada yada yada propaganda. They're too self aggrandizing and/or too stupid to realize they shouldn't admit they're racist as fuck though. Remember, black culture is extreme face culture, black izzat is even more performative than it's Asianic counterparts, and based nearly exclusively on racism.

If black people were willing to do extra work to protect other black people, they would not live in the culture they currently do.

Ergo, no black jurors found in this trial. Black people hate working. Even unemployed blacks would rather be back home, doing literally nothing, than come out to try and poison a jury.

The white affluent liberal activist class is a much more pernicious element in protecting criminal blacks than black people.

At this point the nignog is going to walk. You're gonna wind up with an activist judge, a jury of AWFLs and/or other blacks, and that's that.

And even if the second point isn't true you know they're gonna let him walk rather than convict, because they're scared of the riots that'll ensue.

Would you like to make a bet on that? I'm thinking conviction, no riots.

 

[YarrBlueballs]

If black people were willing to do extra work to protect other black people, they would not live in the culture they currently do.

Ah, but they're not protecting other black people, they're protecting blacks against whites. Otherwise they don't give a shit. It makes sense when you realize their culture promotes racial unity only in very specific situations. Blacks don't come out in force when a black kills a black, but will when a white is involved on any of the sides because it's obviously whitey's fault.

The white affluent liberal activist class is a much more pernicious element in protecting criminal blacks than black people.

I can agree with this though. Hopefully enough people have been fatigued enough to counter balance white liberals and white women's general juror patterns.

Would you like to make a bet on that? I'm thinking conviction, no riots.

I think thx1138's wrong as well, but the safest bet is conviction and mild riots. No summer of love, but the usual places will chimp out because it's a """good""" reason for them to chimp out and the occasional boomer self righteously sobbing. Albeit, the severity does depend heavily on whether the judge will allow livestreaming or not for the actual trial.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

This is why there are no blacks:

Dude just wanted to get out of jury duty lol.

 

[Bill Evans 45]

It must be profoundly frustrating and discouraging to be a black Person forced to live among millions of Black people.

Time to post this classic

 

[Shartin' Luther]

People saying there are no blacks on the jury because they couldn't be impartial.

Not the case. There are no blacks on the jury because they said whatever needed to be said in order to not spend the next 2 weeks doing jury duty. Most blacks are not race activists, they're just lazy!

Lazy? I would say whatever it took to avoid having to work a 6 day week being paid $60/day with loss of salary from my real job while having to spend the time listening to an ever dumber string of witnesses screeching and hollering about the innocence of a clearly guilty individual.

 

[KiwiFuzz2]

Lazy? I would say whatever it took to avoid having to work a 6 day week being paid $60/day with loss of salary from my real job while having to spend the time listening to an ever dumber string of witnesses screeching and hollering about the innocence of a clearly guilty individual.

$60 a day????

Damn that shit is $15 where I live. Doesn't hardly pay for lunch. And they don't pay you for the first day.

If I want to watch stupid idiots being stupid, I can stay home and eat ramen and read Kiwis and come out ahead.

Damn.

 

[Croaking Spider]

Dude just wanted to get out of jury duty lol.

Hey, it works. After I got my 3rd jury duty summon in 5 years, I just told them I have a strong racial bias, and that I support maximum sentencing and capital punishment. Fuck spending a week off work for a pittance, they got me the first time, find someone else. They DO ask you during the selection if there are any factors that might sway your opinions independent of the facts of the case, he was just being honest.