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Published 09:03 06 Jun 2026 GMT
Yesterday, a court heard that the fatal stabbing of a high school athlete in Texas was allegedly sparked by a dispute over Karmelo Anthony refusing to leave the tent of the opposing team.
According to the witness, a Frisco Memorial High School student, he and at least six others were hanging out under their school’s tent when Anthony entered the area wearing the opposing school, Frisco Centennial High School’s, kit.
The 17-year-old student recounted telling Anthony: “You probably shouldn’t be here, you need to leave our tent.”
Then, multiple others asked Anthony, then 17, to leave around 15 times, including the young victim, Austin Metcalf.
Anthony allegedly said: “Touch me and find out," which reportedly sparked a scrap at Kuykendall Stadium in April last year that lasted around two and half minutes.
Anthony allegedly stabbed Metcalf after he received a “minor pushing”, the student told the court.
Allegedly, moments before the fatal attack, Anthony had his hand in his open backpack on his lap, but the students did not think he would actually pull out a knife, the witness said.
Seconds after Metcalf pushed Anthony, he fell onto his back and lifted up his shirt to reveal he was profusely bleeding. Witnesses said he looked scared as he saw his bleeding chest.
Allegedly, Anthony then ditched the knife and sprinted down the stands and onto the track.
The witness recalled Metcalf saying: “Oh my God”.
The jury was then played a 911 call made by the witness in which he hastily told the operator: “My friend just got stabbed. My friend is bleeding everywhere.”
The student denied that the teammates “ganged up” on Anthony, instead claiming that Anthony “created a problem.”
Another teammate, Jalen Matthews, 18, testified that Metcalf’s twin, Hunter, was on his phone trying to handle the situation as soon as his brother was stabbed.
Matthews also recalled one of the Memorial students saying: “You have nothing in the backpack, you’re from Frisco.”
Sadly, the young witness claimed Anthony “clearly knew what he had his mind set on” in the moments before the fatal stabbing.
The court played a body cam video of Hunter sobbing and screaming in the moments after his brother was attacked.
Throughout the proceedings, Anthony’s lawyer claimed Metcalf provoked Anthony, and the stabbing was in self-defense.
If convicted, the defendant, who pleaded not guilty, faces up to life in prison.
