A 17-year-old trainee billed with murder in the deadly stabbing of an additional trainee at a track fulfill presumably admitted to the murder and policemans state he informed them he was shielding himself, according to the apprehension record.
The occurrence took place Wednesday early morning at a Frisco Independent Institution Area arena throughout a track and area champion including several institutions in the area.
Austin Metcalf, 17, an 11th at Frisco Memorial Secondary school, passed away after cops claimed an additional trainee stabbed him throughout a run-in in the bleachers at the fulfill.
The suspect in the fatal stabbing– Karmelo Anthony, a pupil at Frisco Centennial Secondary School– has actually been billed with first-degree murder, cops claimed.
One policeman that reacted to the scene claimed Anthony informed him unprompted, without being asked any type of inquiries regarding the occurrence, “I was shielding myself,” according to the apprehension record.
Authorities react to a deadly stabbing at David Kuykendall Arena in Frisco, Texas, April 2, 2025.
WFAA
When the policeman encouraged an additional reacting policeman that he had “the claimed suspect,” Anthony supposedly reacted, “I’m not affirmed, I did it,” according to the apprehension record.
As he was strolling towards the team auto, Anthony “was psychological,” supposedly claiming unprompted, “He placed his hands on me, I informed him not to,” according to the apprehension record. As soon as in the rear, he additionally supposedly asked if Metcalf was “mosting likely to be okay,” according to the record.
Anthony “made an additional spontaneous declaration” and supposedly asked a police officer if what took place “might be taken into consideration protection,” according to the apprehension record. An additional policeman reported that the suspect was “sobbing hysterically” while being ignored the arena, the record claimed.
Anthony is being kept in the Collin Area prison on $1 million bond, court documents reveal. When grabbed discuss Friday, his lawyer informed ABC Information he had actually gotten on the situation for just a few hours and required to capture up.
Anthony’s papa informed ABC Information on Thursday that they do not have a declaration to make currently.
The scheduling image for Karmelo Anthony.
Frisco Authorities Division
The stabbing taken place under the Memorial Secondary school camping tent in the arena bleachers at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the apprehension record.
Responding policemans state they spoke with several witnesses, consisting of one that reported that the run-in started after Metcalf informed Anthony to vacate from under their group’s camping tent, according to the apprehension record.
The witness reported that Anthony presumably got to inside his bag and claimed, “Touch me and see what takes place,” according to the apprehension record.
According to a witness, Metcalf got Anthony to relocate him, and Anthony presumably took out what the witness referred to as a black blade and “stabbed Austin when in the breast and after that fled,” the apprehension record mentioned.
A policeman recouped a bloody blade in the bleachers, according to the record.
Metcalf was moved to a location healthcare facility, where he was noticable dead at 10:53 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the apprehension record.
Austin Metcalf in handout image.
Metcalf Family Members
His double bro, Seeker Metcalf, was additionally at the fulfill and spoke with policemans at the scene. He claimed that after his bro informed Anthony he needed to leave the camping tent due to the fact that he really did not most likely to Memorial, both “went back and forth and after that Austin stood and pressed the man to obtain him out of the camping tent,” according to the apprehension record.
” I attempted to whip about as quickly as I could, however I really did not see the stab,” Seeker Metcalf informed Dallas ABC associateWFAA “It was actually purposeless. I do not recognize why an individual would certainly do that to a person, simply over that little debate.”
The track fulfill has actually been held off to Monday and will certainly be held at a brand-new area, WFAA reported. Frisco ISD will certainly share even more information on upgraded safety steps with households, according to the terminal.
