Karmelo Anthony formally charged with MURDER for stabbing Austin Metcalf in high school crime that stunned the country

Daily Mail UK ^ | June 23, 2025 | MARYANN MARTINEZ

[Morgana]

Karmelo Anthony, the teen who admitted to stabbing and killing a fellow high school athlete at a track meet in Texas, has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge.

Austin Metcalf, 17, bled out in his brother's arms after the then-17-year-old Anthony attacked him in the bleachers of David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco in April 2.

Anthony, now 18, insisted he was acting in self-defense when he knifed Metcalf, however, he's never explained why he had a weapon at an event on school property.

However, Tuesday, he was formally charged by a grand jury in the crime that has drawn national attention over race and privilege.

'I fully believe that justice will be served for Austin Metcalf,' his father Jeff told DailyMail.com of the indictment.

'I look forward to the forthcoming trial. But it will never bring my son back.'

Frisco, Texas police have said the incident stemmed from Metcalf asking Anthony to leave his team tent since he didn't go to the same school.

The indictment comes weeks after the local district attorney began presenting evidence to a grand jury, asking jurors to uphold the first-degree murder count local cops originally brought against the teen.

[crusty old prospector]

Just think of they stash the loot in an S&P 500 index fund. He will be in tall cotton.