Overview
- On April 2, 2025, a confrontation under a Memorial High School tent at a Frisco ISD track meet left 17-year-old Austin Metcalf fatally stabbed and led to the arrest of Karmelo Anthony.
- Anthony, now 19, is scheduled to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge beginning June 1, 2026, with prosecutors expected to present witnesses, the recovered knife, and limited stadium surveillance.
- The defense plans to argue self-defense and will seek to raise reasonable doubt about what happened in the moments before the stabbing.
- Judge John Roach has banned audio and video recording, live streams, and the use of cell phones in the courtroom and ordered strict rules on conduct after threats, protests, and doxxing targeted participants.
- The trial could shape how courts weigh sparse distant video and competing eyewitness accounts in school-event violence cases and will have major personal consequences for both families if it results in a lengthy prison term.