Karmelo Anthony Faces Homicide Trial In Austin Metcalf Stabbing Dying

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teen charged with stabbing a highschool soccer participant to dying at a observe meet, has a giant day in courtroom … his homicide trial begins at the moment, and the primary order of enterprise is jury choice.

Anthony’s raised a whopping $600,000 for his authorized protection fund … he is claiming he acted in self-defense when he allegedly stabbed Austin Metcalf to dying at a highschool observe meet in Frisco, Texas. They had been each 17 years outdated in the course of the April 2025 altercation.

Anthony advised police Metcalf acquired bodily with him after he warned Metcalf to not contact him. Anthony allegedly pulled a knife from his bag and plunged it into Metcalf’s chest. He was positioned below arrest and later indicted by a grand jury for homicide after Metcalf died from his accidents.

At first, there was an outpouring of sympathy for Metcalf and his household, however then the tide turned after Anthony was launched on $250,000 bail. Anthony’s household began receiving a wave of donations from GiveSendGo after hiring a widely known Dallas lawyer, Mike Howard, to battle the case.

Final 12 months, a spokesman for the Anthony household stated the donations would permit contributors to “Stand with us within the battle in opposition to white supremacy,” sparking a significant debate on-line about race. Anthony is black, and Metcalf is white.