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A Collin County jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a Frisco ISD track meet, bringing an end to a closely watched trial that drew national attention and sparked debate over self-defense, race and school safety. Anthony, now 19, had been charged in the April 2, 2025, killing of Metcalf at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Prosecutors argued Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation between the two teenagers, while defense attorneys contended Anthony acted in self-defense. The jury reached its verdict after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses over several days,...

**This is a breaking story…please refresh page for updates** The jury in the Karmelo Anthony murder case reached a swift verdict after deliberating for more than two hours on Tuesday. A note was handed to the judge…we are awaiting the verdict.

Killer Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet. Anthony, now 19, sobbed, and his family burst into tears as the judge read the verdict on Tuesday. The jury deliberated for less than three hours after the defense and prosecution delivered closing arguments. Anthony claimed he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, with a folding knife after a heated argument at the high school event in Frisco in April 2025. The case shocked America, and the discussion surrounding it quickly became racially fraught....

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas student athlete who was charged with stabbing a football star from a rival high school to death — and then raised $600,000 in donations — is set to face trial this week.

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas student athlete who was charged with stabbing a football star from a rival high school to death — and then raised $600,000 in donations — is set to face trial this week. The killing of Austin Metcalf — who died in his twin brother’s arms in Frisco, Texas, at a track meet in April 2025 — sparked an outpouring of grief. But what came next turned the case into a national sensation. The suspect, Anthony, retained a big-name Dallas lawyer, and the family started raising money from donation site GiveSendGo. A family spokesman said last year...

This video from Black Conservative Perspective covers the upcoming trial of Karmelo Anthony, a teenager accused of the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas track meet in April 2025. Key Details of the Case: The Incident: Prosecutors allege that Anthony stabbed Metcalf in the chest following a verbal dispute over seating under a tent during a rainy track meet (3:15-3:54). Metcalf reportedly died in his brother's arms (3:46-3:51). Legal Proceedings: Anthony has been indicted for first-degree murder (13:53-13:56). His defense team intends to argue self-defense (4:04, 18:16), while the prosecution argues it was an intentional killing...

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) introduced a “Stand Your Ground” private members’ bill that would protect Canadians from being prosecuted if they use lethal force to defend their home against invaders. CPC MP Sandra Cobena late last week introduced Bill C-270, or the Stand on Guard Act, which modifies Section 34 of the Criminal Code dealing with personal defense. The bill would allow homeowners to use force, including lethal force, if necessary, against intruders.

A judge on Monday reduced teen track star killer Karmelo Anthony’s bond from $1 million to $250,000 and placed him on house arrest. As TGP previously reported, 16-year-old track and football star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to death earlier this month during a championship track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial High School, was attacked in broad daylight — at a school-sanctioned event meant to showcase hard work, discipline, and sportsmanship. The suspect, 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony of rival school Frisco Centennial, was charged with first-degree murder. The Karmelo Anthony family attorney asked...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: Judge lowers Karmelo Anthony’s bond from $1 Million to $250k for the murder of Austin Metcalf. 10:43 AM · Apr 14, 2025

A female CEO has claimed that a teen boy who was fatally stabbed at a track meet in Texas was bullying the 17-year-old accused of killing him. Stephanie Crutchfield, the owner and CEO of several financial help businesses, left the claim on a donation page for Karmelo Anthony, who is charged with the murder of Austin Metcalf, 17, at at the Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. She wrote: 'Let's get this baby home. I have a young black son as well, and I live in Collin County. This baby was bullied and was defending himself, I know it's more to this...

Documents from Frisco Police Department report the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Memorial High School student Austin Metcalf, claims he was “protecting myself.” According to the documents, the suspect, who has been identified as Centennial High School student Karmelo Anthony, 17, was tracked down by the responding school resource officer after the incident on April 2. During this time, the documents state the suspect said, “I was protecting myself” and “he put his hands on me.” The responding officer said in the documents that the suspect said, “I’m not alleged, I did it.”

A member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church tells what really happened in this video and why the Priest was in the right to do what he did!! From the video: "...secular news they said the police recommended that the father be charged with battery for biting this woman um I can tell you according to the police and I have friends in the police department uh no they think the church should actually Char uh they the woman should actually be charged for attempted robbery and I'll explain why..." ALSO: "...he protected the Eucharist that's the duty of the...

@BasedMikeLee Don’t fall for the hyperbole. The sky is not about to fall. We must not allow for a “clean”reauthorization of FISA 702. We must continue to fight until we can attach a warrant requirement to FISA 702. Get a warrant!

The Republican leader of a suburb bordering New York City has Democrats up in arms over a plan to deputize private citizens for emergency situations. County Executive Bruce Blakeman has continued to irk opponents on the issues of crime and women's rights as he seeks to wrestle control of the state capital and give his constituents a greater say in local policy. I don't think you can depend on Albany or Washington, D.C., because they're more interested in giving away billions of dollars to migrants who are unvetted and bringing them to our communities than they are in protecting our...

Over the Christmas weekend, Chicago surpassed the 750-murder mark for 2016. But as blacks lay dying on the streets of Chicago’s South and West Sides, a Black Lives Matter offshoot is more interested in traveling overseas to learn “resistance” from terrorists. The Dream Defenders bills itself as “an uprising of communities in struggle, shifting culture through transformational organizing.” But an investigation conducted by the Haym Salomon Center reveals the group’s embrace of anti-Semitism and collaboration with a State Department-designated terror group. In August, Black Lives Matter singled out Israel for condemnation, declaring it an “apartheid” state engaged in “genocide.” These...

Texas must remove the floating barrier buoys the state placed in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal immigrant crossings, a federal judge ruled Wednesday — but Gov. Greg Abbott wasted no time in announcing he’d appeal. District Court Judge David Ezra ordered the wrecking ball-sized buoys be taken away by next Friday and banned the Lone Star State from adding any other structures in the Rio Grande — the international boundary between the US and Mexico in Texas — without prior approval from the feds. Soon after Ezra’s ruling Abbott released a statement, vowing that “Texas will appeal.” “This...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top defense officials are accusing Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing. Tuberville brushed off the criticism, vowing he will not give in. “We're going to be in a holding pattern for a long time,” he said, if the Pentagon refuses to end its policy of paying for travel when a service member goes out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care. It's a classic Washington standoff with rippling...

From video description: HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at a gas station and found a male and a female holding a suspect at gunpoint. The suspect, later identified as Mario Duque, had sustained several gunshot wounds.

Calls are growing for the arrest of a woman accused of shooting dead her mother-of-four neighbor after she complained about the victim's children playing outside. The children of Ajike 'AJ' Owens were playing in a field near an apartment complex in Ocala, Florida, on Friday when her neighbor 'began yelling at them to get off her land and calling them racial slurs', renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said. The children then accidentally left an iPad behind after leaving the field, Crump explained, before going back to fetch it. But the neighbor, a 58-year-old white woman, who was not named,...

From Burns v. State, decided today by the Florida Court of Appeal, in an opinion by Judge Ed Artau, joined by Judges Cory Ciklin and Burton Conner: That a person's home is his or her "castle" is one of the most basic tenets of our jurisprudence. However, for Richard Burns …, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for openly carrying and loading his firearm in the yard of his own home, the "castle" our law entitled him to protect was relegated to a defenseless dungeon. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying his motion for immunity...