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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4840d2988346f719dcb196bb97889007" style="color:#2c2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Karmelo Anthony, 18, who admitted to stabbing and killing a fellow high school athlete at a track meet in Texas, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge on Tuesday June 24 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59e703fd4d8b0b4304811e157cd599db" style="color:#2c2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Austin Metcalf, 17, bled out in his twin brother&#8217;s arms after Anthony, also 17, attacked him in the bleachers of David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas on April 2, 2024 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11594d12006b9267f219994133fec0ca" style="color:#2c2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Indictment comes weeks after the local district attorney began presenting evidence to a grand jury, seeking to uphold the first-degree murder charge, police originally brought against the teenage suspect </strong>video</p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc09655f7b5e811e17866965d837d81b" style="color:#2c2121;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Karmelo Anthony insists he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Austin Metcalf, however, he&#8217;s never explained why he had a weapon at an event on school property</strong>*</strong></p>



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<p>Texas teen Karmelo Anthony is facing criminal indictment in Texas after a Grand Jury formally charged him in connection to the death of Austin Metcalf.<br>Karmelo Anthony, 18, who admitted to stabbing and killing Metcalf, another high school athlete at a track meet in Texas, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge on Tuesday. <br>Austin Metcalf, 17, bled out in the arms of his brother Hunter after Karmelo Anthony, another 17-year-old and member of an opposing team, attacked him in the bleachers of David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco on April 2, 2024.<br>Anthony insisted he was acting in self-defense when he knifed Metcalf, however, he&#8217;s never explained why he had a weapon at an event on school property.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Murder suspect Karmelo Anthony insists he was acting in self-defense when he knifed Austin Metcalf, [photo], however, he&#8217;s never explained why he had a weapon at an event on school property</strong></p>



<p>However, Tuesday, he was formally charged by a grand jury in the crime that has drawn national attention over race and privilege. <br>The twins&#8217; father in a statement after the indictment was handed down expressed his belief that: &#8216;justice will be served&#8217; for his late son. <br>&#8216;I look forward to the forthcoming trial. But it will never bring my son back,&#8217; Jeff Metcalf said.<br>Frisco, Texas police have said the incident stemmed from Metcalf asking Anthony to leave his team tent since he didn&#8217;t go to the same school. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Karmelo Anthony [left] stabbed Austin Metcalf, [right], and later died after a confrontation with at an April 2 track meet in Frisco, Texas on April 2, 2024. Both were 17-year-old high school athletes at the time</strong></p>



<p>The indictment comes weeks after the local district attorney began presenting evidence to a grand jury, asking jurors to uphold indictment on the charge of first-degree murder, same as the charge police originally brought against the teenage murder suspect. <br>&#8216;With that indictment, the case now moves formally into the court system. <br>&#8216;We know this case has struck a deep nerve, here in Collin County and beyond,&#8217; the Collin County District Attorney, Greg Willis, said in a press release issued Tuesday afternoon.<br>&#8216;That’s understandable. When something like this happens at a school event, it shakes people to the core.&#8217;<br>Grand jury proceedings are held behind closed doors, and unlike most court hearings, are not open to the public.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>After the indictment was announced the late teen&#8217;s father Jeff Metcalf said, &#8216;I look forward to the forthcoming trial. But it will never bring my son back&#8217;</strong></p>



<p>However, Anthony&#8217;s a defense attorney was able to present a packet with evidence Anthony wanted the jurors to see.<br>The murder suspect learned about the indictment shortly before the news was released to media Tuesday afternoon: &#8216;A ham sandwich can be indicted in America, right,&#8217; said a member of his defense team in explaining that their client had been prepped not to rule out this outcome, adding &#8216;Right now, this is the first day of Karmelo pretty much preparing to defend himself in the court of law.&#8217; <br>Footage of the stabbing released by the Frisco Independent School District in the last week.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Hunter Metcalf seen [left], with father Jeff, and twin brother Austin was at the athletic meet with Austin when the stabbing happened. Austin bled out in his arms</strong></p>



<p>The video which was only shown to media but not to the public, recorded on a fixed camera at David Kuykendall Stadium, did not show any fighting, pushing or physical altercation between the boys prior to the knifing.<br>Instead, the clip starts with showing several people sitting under the Memorial High School team tent. <br>Without any kind of apparent escalation, people can be seen running and walking away from the tent.<br>Later, what appears to be Austin Metcalf&#8217;s body is moved out of the stadium bleachers to a walkway near the bottom of the seating area. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Police investigate the scene under the tent where the stabbing took place. The suspect claims he stabbed another teenager in self defense after a clash over seats in the bleachers of the David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, in early April 2024</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Two months ago high school athlete Karmelo Anthony spent nearly two weeks in jail before walking out [photo], after a judge agreed to reduce his bond. He made bail and was allowed to await trial under house arrest</strong></p>



<p>The surveillance which reportedly, shows no build up altercation or evidence that Anthony was in imminent danger leading to the attack, appears to challenge the self-defense claim of the murder suspect.<br>Following his arrest Anthony spent nearly two weeks in jail before a judge agreed to reduce his bond from $1million to $250,000, allowing him to await trial under house arrest wearing a GPS monitor. <br>After the indictment he remains under house arrest at a secret location after persuading a judge that his safety was at risk following threats he received while living in a gated community.</p>

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