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Karmelo Anthony convicted of murder in fatal high school track meet stabbing

newsJun 9, 202656190

A Collin County jury found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet in 2025. Prosecutors said Anthony provoked Metcalf before the attack, while Anthony’s defense argued he acted in self-defense. Jurors convicted Anthony after asking whether they could consider manslaughter, and the verdict spotlights concerns about safety at school sporting events and how courts apply self-defense for teenagers.

Kali Rhe
@rhemarkable.bsky.social

Karmelo Anthony getting convicted of murder while Rick Chow was found not guilty just days earlier will never be lost on me.

6845d ago
Attorney Ben Crump
@attorneybencrump.bsky.social

BREAKING: Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder in the death of Austin Metcalf. Hard questions about fairness, justice, and whose actions earn the benefit of understanding will remain. Those questions are not new, and we owe it to everyone involved to keep asking them.

1945d ago
Dr. Rita Ded🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️6

I'd say it's pretty fair to charge someone with murder if they.. ya know.. murdered someone.

WakeUpCall2

You don't stab someone in the heart after you ask them to "touch me and see what happens."

Karate Freddy2

Im sorry. But he got what he deserved. Should have just thrown hands. All because he didn't want to be in the rain..

Tanisha
@tanishaevonne.bsky.social

An all white jury in Texas convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder. Proof that the US never ended the practice of lynching, they let the courts do it instead.

1245d ago
letherbeshaved.bsky.social2

Not all white... Why spread disinformation?

NBC News
@nbcnews.com

BREAKING: 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony is sentenced to 35 years in prison hours after his murder conviction in the 2025 stabbing death of a fellow Texas high schooler.

1145d ago
Ground News
@groundnews.bsky.social

A Collin County jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder Tuesday in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a rainy Frisco ISD track meet in April 2025. ground.news/article/texa...

1045d ago
Dr. Rita Ded🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@drritaded.bsky.social

Karmelo Anthony was rightfully found guilty of murder today. Justice prevails!

1345d ago
evanmmadoka.bsky.social
@evanmmadoka.bsky.social

Karmelo Anthony convicted of MURDER! Hopefully he never sees the light of day again. Animal.

1345d ago
@cmerfy Lifelong Democrat
@cmerfy.bsky.social

📢🌊📢 Oh no... 😭 The jury even asked if they could consider manslaughter 🥹 I have no words & my heart goes out to his family & the people of dark skin in Texas #OV1 apnews.com/article/texa...

345d ago
The Root
@therootdotcom.bsky.social

A Texas jury has found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder on Tuesday in the 2025 fatal stabbing of fellow high school student Austin Metcalf during a track meet in Frisco, Texas.

345d ago
Inner City Press
@innercitypress.bsky.social

Texas countdown to announced of verdict in Karmelo Anthony murder (or manslaughter) trial 1/x

345d ago
zellieimani.bsky.social
@zellieimani.bsky.social

Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder. Rick Chow not guilty of murder. This isn’t surprising to anyone living in this Anti- Black country.

345d ago
David Lee
@davejourno.bsky.social

Texas jury convicts Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder in stabbing of unarmed Austin Metcalf at a track meet, declining manslaughter option. Jury now deliberating 5-99 years or life in state prison @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/texas-jury-f...

245d ago
Dr. Smith ⌛️
@darkchokola.bsky.social

Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murder on June 9, 2026, for the fatal stabbing of student-athlete Austin Metcalf. The 19-year-old was convicted after a Collin County jury rejected his claims of self-defense

45d ago
a-hound.bsky.social
@a-hound.bsky.social

🚨Breaking News:🚨 Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murder. Sentencing is now underway for how long he will be in prion. Right after the verdict was reached, a Karmelo Anthony supporter was arrested outside the courthouse after a brawl.

245d ago
Love Beyond Color
@lovebeyondcolor.bsky.social

You can call me a race traitor, coon, Uncle Tom, tether, pick me, wannabe white, etc. I don’t care. I’m still standing with Austin Metcalf’s family. Karmelo Anthony deserves this guilty verdict of murder, and it has nothing to do with the fact that he’s black.

445d ago
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