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Karmelo Anthony gets 35 years for track meet stabbing murder
The Collin County jury deliberated less than three hours before rejecting self-defense and imposing the maximum sentence short of life in prison.
- A Texas jury found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in a fatal stabbing at a high school track meet in 2025. Anthony had argued he acted in self-defense, but jurors rejected that claim.
- After a trial that drew national attention, jurors convicted Anthony of murder and later sentenced him to 35 years in prison for the death of Metcalf, who was stabbed during an altercation at a Frisco, Texas, track meet.
- The verdict came after several days of testimony about the confrontation between the two teenagers. Prosecutors described the stabbing as an unjustified attack, while the defense maintained Anthony feared for his safety and acted in self-defense.
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Texas teen who fatally stabbed track athlete at school meet found guilty and sentenced to prison
A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old athlete from a rival track team has been found guilty of murder. Jurors on Tuesday convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony and sentenced him to 35 years in prison in the death of Austin…
JUST IN: Karmelo Anthony's Prison Sentence Revealed
Karmelo Anthony, a black teen who was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, a white teenager, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a jury in Collin County, Texas. The sentencing was handed down just hours after Anthony was convicted. The sentencing occurred hours after the guilty verdict, which the jury reached in under three hours of deliberation. Anthony, who was 17 at the time of the April 2, 2025, incident, was trie…
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