A Texas jury found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder on Tuesday, June 9, in the fatal stabbing of high school runner Austin Metcalf. The verdict concludes a widely followed case stemming from a confrontation at a 2025 track meet in Frisco.According to CNN, jurors rejected Anthony’s self-defense claim linked to the Frisco, Texas, track and field event. Multiple student witnesses described a heated exchange before Metcalf, 17, was stabbed in the bleachers during a rain delay.Anthony did not testify during the trial. Defense attorney Mike Howard argued, per the Daily Mail, that Anthony had a right to defend himself. Anthony faces a potential sentence of up to life in prison.
