Texas track meet stabbing trial: Jury sentences Karmelo Anthony after guilty verdict in murder of Austin Metcalf
Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.
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Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.

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Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.
"You should feel lucky you got 35 years because I've been given a life sentence without my son," Metcalf's mother told Anthony in court.
"You should feel lucky you got 35 years because I've been given a life sentence without my son," Metcalf's mother told Anthony in court.
"You should feel lucky you got 35 years because I've been given a life sentence without my son," Metcalf's mother told Anthony in court.
Hours after being found guilty of murder on Tuesday afternoon, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars.
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a high school meet was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in pris...
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a high school meet was convicted of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 35 years...
Both teens were 17 when the incident happened.
Anthony was found guilty earlier in the day after a trial that examined the confrontation leading to Metcalf's death at a Frisco track meet.
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....
A Collin County jury rejected the self-defense claim, convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder, and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for killing Austin Metcalf.
We Have the Verdict in the Karmelo Anthony Murder Trial. A Collin County jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of Karmelo Anthony, who faced murder charges for fatally stabbing 17-yea...
"The argument escalated further when Anthony said to Metcalf “touch me and see what happens,” while keeping his hand hidden in his backpack, implying that he had a weapon." The post Karmelo...
Karmelo Anthony, now 19, has been found guilty of murder over the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Texas last year.
The trial drew lines of spectators and unfolded amid heavy security at a courthouse in Collin County
Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.
Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.
Karmelo Anthony was charged with murder in Austin Metcalf's stabbing death during a Texas track meet. The defense claimed self-defense.
Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf in cold blood. By all accounts, he tried to start trouble, and he brought a knife with him. There was no cause for him to murder Austin Metcalf. Karm...
Racial tensions ran high outside a Texas courthouse on Tuesday, where a jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the death of Austin Metcalf. Anthony, who is black, stabbed […]
Furious protests have erupted in Texas after a black high school athlete was convicted of murdering a white teenager. After three hours of deliberations by a jury, Karmelo Anthony, 19, was...
Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco last year.
The jury deliberated for three hours and returned the verdict of guilty against Karmelo Anthony, for murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Anthony stabbed Metcalf in the heart. The evidence...
Notoriety about the case spread, in part, because of social media posts that amplified the killing in racial terms.
A teenager who fatally stabbed a standout football player at a Texas high school track meet last April was convicted of murder Tuesday.
UPDATE, 6:42 p.m. ET: After Karmelo Anthony was found guilty Tuesday afternoon of murdering Austin Metcalf, the trial quickly shifted to the sentencing phase. The same Collin County jury th...
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 acte...
Karmelo Anthony has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of high school athlete Austin Metcalf. The jury rendered the sentencing on Tuesday evening, hours after issuing a gui...
'You can meet deadly force with deadly force in Texas, but you can't meet force, a shove, with deadly force, a stab'
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