Texas trial, which lasted a week, drew national attention due to race, as Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was white Following a trial that lasted just one week from jury selection to verdict, a Collin county, Texas, jury found Karmelo Anthony, now 19, guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of...
Emotions were high after a jury in Texas found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year. Immediately after the verdict, tension erupted outside the courthouse. Jonah Kaplan reports.
Texas trial drew national attention due to race, as Karmelo Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was white Following a trial that lasted just one week from jury selection to verdict, a Collin county, Texas, jury found Karmelo Anthony, now 19, guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcal...
Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of the 2025 murder of fellow high school student Austin Metcalf at a district-wide meet in Frisco, a Dallas suburb. Anthony’s legal team argued he acted in self-defense after he’d sat in the bleachers under the tent of rival high school Memorial and was conf...
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.
The deadly stabbing occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2, 2025, during a track and field competition.
McKINNEY, Texas — A Texas jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty Tuesday of the 2025 murder of Austin Metcalf, a fellow high school student at a Dallas-area track meet
Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murder; jury now weighing sudden‑passion sentencing.
The jury has spoken in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial ... and the verdict is guilty of murder, rejecting his claim of self-defense.