Update:
7:37 a.m. June 10, 2025: Updated with an attorney's response.
Trial date set for Karmelo Anthony in fatal stabbing at Frisco track meet
On June 24, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced that the teenager had been indicted on a murder charge.
The teen accused of fatally stabbing another student at a Frisco track meet earlier this year is expected to face a jury trial on June 1, 2026, court records show.
Police say Karmelo Anthony, then 17, killed Austin Metcalf, also 17, on April 2 at the District 11-5A track meet at David Kuykendall Stadium. Anthony, who is now 18, has said he acted in self-defense.
Anthony has been on house arrest with an ankle monitor since late April, when his bond was significantly reduced from $1 million to $250,000, allowing for his release from jail.
He was then indicted on a murder charge, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced on June 24.
Anthony’s attorney, Mike Howard, declined to comment early Thursday morning.
In a video statement sent to The Dallas Morning News following Anthony’s indictment, Howard asked the public to withhold judgment “until all the evidence can be heard in court.”
“We are confident that when all of the facts are presented and the full story is heard, the jury will reach the right conclusion and justice will be done,” he said.
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