Karmelo Anthony indicted in Frisco track meet stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, officials say - How long before Austins father calls for his sons murderer to be pardoned?

The state called another minor, a 16-year-old student, to the stand. He told the jury that he plays soccer and that he has tickets to the upcoming Japan vs. Sweden game during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Prosecutors asked who he would be rooting for, and he said "Portugal," eliciting several laughs from the gallery.


The witness told the jury that he was not really friends with Austin or Hunter Metcalf. The witness, who also runs track, was at the meet on April 2, 2025, to run the 800 and 1600.


He testified that while he was under the Memorial tent at the track meet, Karmelo Anthony sat next to him and said, "What crazy weather," referring to the rain that had been falling throughout the morning. The witness said he thought it was strange because each team had its own tent.


The witness testified that Eddie, who is friends with Karmelo's girlfriend, spoke with Karmelo for a few minutes before a fellow student saw Karmelo and said, "Who is this guy?" According to the witness, Karmelo replied, "I'm a nobody."

The witness told the jury that the other student then said, "If you're a nobody, then get out of the tent," to which Karmelo replied, "I'm not f—ing leaving." He said he remembered Karmelo getting more aggressive when they kept telling him to leave.


He testified that Karmelo said, "F—k y'all. I'm not going to leave. Y'all are a bunch of p—s, y'all are not going to do anything." The witness said he was not worried, and that it was just "tough talk."


According to the witness, Austin then took the lead, saying, "Bro, just leave, we don't want you here." Karmelo allegedly reached into his bag and repeated "touch me and see what happens" multiple times. The witness told the jury that Austin was calm and told Karmelo that he did not want to fight.


The witness said he does not recall if Austin touched Karmelo's bag or shoulder, but that he did see Austin fall. He said he did not know what happened until Austin lifted his shirt and he saw "a big hole."


According to NBC 5's Maria Guerrero, who is inside the Collin County courthouse, Austin's mother was crying in the courtroom as the testimony continued, along with other individuals in the gallery.


The witness told the jury that after the stabbing, he recalled another student saying, "Austin looks dead."


The witness, like previous witnesses, told the jury that Austin did not want to fight and that Karmelo was the aggressor.


"My opinion is that Austin didn't deserve what happened," the witness said.


"It was murder, wasn't it?" Wirskye asked.


"Yes, sir," the witness said.


During cross-examination, the witness testified that Karmelo was not "acting up or anything" when he was under Memorial's tent at the track meet. He recalled Karmelo swearing, saying "f—k you guys," once he was confronted.

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A 16-year-old student athlete who knew Metcalf from middle school took the stand next. He said he was sitting under the Memorial tent that day and scrolling on TikTok. He recalled Anthony sitting down next to him and saying something like, "Crazy weather, huh?"


He said another teammate noticed Anthony and asked him, "Who's this guy?" The teen said Anthony replied, "I'm a nobody." The teammate replied, "If you're a nobody, then get out of our tent." The teen testified that Anthony responded saying, "F--- y'all."

The teen testified that Anthony repeated "F--- y'all. I'm not going ot leave. Y'all are a bunch of pu--ies. Y'all not going to do anything." He said Anthony also threatened, "Touch me and see what happens." Metcalf told him, "I'm not going to fight you."


This teen, who said it was his first track meet, testified that Metcalf didn't do anything to get stabbed in the chest.

Under cross-examination, he admitted that Anthony wasn't yelling or anything like that.

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When court resumed shortly after 11 a.m., the state called another former Memorial High School student to the stand. The witness told the jury that he graduated from Memorial last week, and plans to attend Collin College to participate in their mechanics program.


The witness told the jury that he and Austin were close, and that Karmelo was also "someone he knew," but not someone he would call his friend.


"You're kind of unique because you are the common denominator between Karmelo and Memorial," Wirskye told the witness.


The witness explained that one of his family friends was Karmelo's girlfriend. He said he has not spoken to Karmelo since Austin's death.


He told the jury that on the day of the stabbing, he didn't notice Karmelo at first, but once he did, he "dapped him up." He said he thought it was "weird" that Karmelo was in the Memorial tent, but that he did not tell Karmelo that he had to leave.


The witness said he was not paying attention when Austin and Karmelo began interacting because he was talking to other jumpers, but that he heard Austin say, "Who are you? You need to get out of our tent."


According to the witness, Karmelo replied, "You got to move me, you got to move me," and called Austin a "b—h, or whatever." The witness explained that he did not remember other "bad words" that were used, but he remembers that Austin also cursed.


The witness said that Karmelo started to get "mad," and that Austin got defensive because "there was someone in the tent we didn't know."


"Austin has always been leading, always protecting us," the witness said. Austin's father, Jeff, was seen nodding his head in the courtroom.


The witness told the jury that when Karmelo reached into his backpack, he did not think there was anything in it and that Karmelo was trying to act tough. He said Austin told Karmelo, "You don't have anything in there," to which Karmelo replied, "Touch me and see, touch me then."


He testified that at some point, Karmelo said, "You're going to have to move me," and that's when he saw Austin fall back and yell for help.


The witness described Austin's push of Karmelo as a "soft" shove and told the jury it was not aggressive.


As the witness described seeing Austin's wounds following the stabbing, he began to cry on the stand. Austin Metcalf's family and other teens in the gallery began crying as well.


The witness told the jury that Hunter Metcalf was "backing up" his brother during the altercation with Karmelo, saying, "you don't have anything in there," referring to Karmelo's bag. He said no one tried to "gang up" on Karmelo.


"You found out it was a shove met with a stab," Wirskye said to the witness.


"Yes, sir," the witness said.


He testified that he saw Karmelo run down the bleachers and away from the scene after the stabbing.


"Were you angry with Karmelo?" Wirskye asked. The witness replied that he was.


"That was my brother. That was my brother that got stabbed," the witness said. He explained that he saw Austin as family.


Wirskye asked the witness if the case was about race or self-defense, and the witness replied no to both.


The witness, like previous witnesses, told the jury that Austin did not want to fight. He said Austin only wanted to protect them.


"Whose fault was the stabbing?" Wirskye asked.


"I don't know," the witness said.


"Did Karmelo have any reason at all to stab Austin?" Wirskye asked.


"No, sir," the witness said.


"As someone who knows both [Austin and Karmelo], in your mind, it's not self-defense, it was murder?" agrees " Wirskye asked. The witness agreed.


During cross-examination, the witness told the jury that he had only discussed this situation with his parents and the police. He said he never talked about it with other teens.


He explained that he used to be close to Karmelo's girlfriend until the stabbing happened.


When asked about his interaction with Karmelo at the track meet, the witness said Karmelo said something like, "y'all are bad, y'all are a—," regarding Memorial's football team, and that was the comment that got everyone's attention.

When the court resumed after their lunch break, shortly after 1 p.m., the witness who knew both Karmelo and Austin returned to the stand for cross-examination.


The defense showed the witness several photos of him and Karmelo making funny faces at a birthday party for Karmelo's girlfriend's mother.

When the court resumed after their lunch break, shortly after 1 p.m., the witness who knew both Karmelo and Austin returned to the stand for cross-examination.


The defense showed the witness several photos of him and Karmelo making funny faces at a birthday party for Karmelo's girlfriend's mother.


Additional images show the witness playing basketball and roasting marshmallows with Karmelo. Another image was shown of Karmelo at the witness's grandmother's birthday party.


The state objected to the images being admitted into evidence because, according to the state, it had already been established that the witness and Karmelo knew each other. Wirskye was seen shaking his head.


"These will be the last exhibits we admit," argued Shook.


"You knew Karmelo a lot more than you're telling this jury," Shook told the witness. The witness explained that he and Karmelo only hung out around Karmelo's girlfriend's family.


"I did not know him personally," the witness said. He said it would not surprise him if Karmelo came to the Memorial tent, saying, "We were cool with each other."


Another photo was shown of the witness sitting next to Karmelo at a track meet.


The witness told the defense that every time Karmelo was at his house, he was never disrespectful to anyone.


"So after he insulted your team, you still stood and dapped him?" Shook asked, referring to the witness's interaction with Karmelo on April 2. The witness said he did not remember.


"Did someone ask him what his name was?" Shook asked.


"I don't remember," the witness said.


"Did you ever say anything to your team or to Karmelo?" Shook asked.


"I don't remember," the witness said.


"You didn't think to step up and say, 'Hey, I know this guy'?" Shook asked. The witness said he did not say that he knew Karmelo because he didn't feel like he needed to. He said the conversation with the other teammates regarding who Karmelo was and why he was there was "normal."


The witness testified that at some point during their conversation, Karmelo called Austin a "b—h," and Austin called Karmelo a "b—h" back. The witness said after the "b—h" comment, Karmelo put his hand in his bag.

"Do you remember saying to detectives that when Austin went to shove Karmelo, he kind of pushed you back?" Shook asked.


"I don't remember saying that," the witness said.


"Do you remember telling officers that when Austin pushed Karmelo, you didn't see where he grabbed him?" Shook asked. The witness said that it was correct.


Shook asked the witness to demonstrate how he saw Austin shove Karmelo, as he had with previous witnesses. The witness demonstrated and explained that "it wasn't that hard, it was like, a small shove."



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The next teenager to take the stand was the teen who knew Anthony and greeted him as he entered the Memorial tent. He said he wouldn't call Anthony a friend but "someone I knew."


"You know you are the common denominator between Karmelo Anthony and Memorial?" the prosecutor asked.


"Yes, sir," he said.


"Did you think it was weird that Karmelo Anthony was in your tent?" the attorney asked.


"Yeah," the teen said.


He testified that he didn't talk to Anthony for long but never asked him to leave. He recalled Metcalf getting defensive over an outsider being in their tent. He said Metcalf was "always leading… always protecting us."


The teen said Anthony was provoking Metcalf. He recalled him saying something like, "Touch me. You're going to have to move me." He also saw Anthony put his hand in his bag.


He broke down on the witness stand while testifying about seeing the stabbing.

The teen agreed with all the other student athletes who have said this case is not about race. He also said Anthony had no reason to stab Metcalf and no cause for self-defense.

Defense attorney Toby Shook began cross-examining 18-year-old Para after the lunch break. He was the teen that Anthony knew sitting under the Memorial High School track tent.


When asked about their friendship, Para said, "Every now and then we got together."


The defense showed jurors pictures of the two hanging out and pointed out that they got together at least three times over a three-week period. Para agreed but said he only hung out with Anthony when Anthony's girlfriend was around. He said Anthony's girlfriend was a common friend.


Shook asked Para why he didn't speak up when his teammates were asking Anthony what he was doing under the tent.


"I didn't feel the need to," he said.

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