Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years for killing Austin Metcalf at Texas track meet

Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder this month over the death of Austin Metcalf, 17, and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

The release comes after a jury convicted Anthony of murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

Karmelo Anthony was convicted last week of murdering Austin Metcalf after a confrontation at an April 2025 track meet involving rival high schools from an affluent Dallas suburb.

Karmelo Anthony supporters voice frustrations after his conviction and 35-year sentence for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet.

The Texas judge who presided over teenage killer Karmelo Anthony's high-profile murder trial has defended the jury's verdict.

Judge John Roach defended the jury’s verdict at the end of the high-profile trial last week that saw Anthony sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, 17.

Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet in 2025.

The images have circulated online after Anthony, 19, was sentenced to 35 years behind bars on Tuesday for the April 2025 killing of Metcalf, 17.

The family of Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager convicted this week of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet, used the proceeds of a crowdfunding campaign that raised nearly $634,000 to pay for relocation and basic living expenses, not solely for his legal defense.

Weeks before the start of trial of Karmelo Anthony, a black 19-year-old charged with the murder of a white teen at a Texas track meet, a pack of bigots held a rally at the stadium where it all went down.

Karmelo Anthony was moved to a Texas state prison Wednesday, one day after a jury convicted him of murder and sentenced him to 35 years behind bars for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet.

Karmelo Anthony's parents are speaking out after his murder conviction for Austin Metcalf's fatal stabbing at a Texas track meet. CBS News' Jonah Kaplan reports, and Caroline Polisi has more on the legal aspects of the case.

Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of  Austin Metcalf. Here are the key details of the 2025 Frisco track meet killing.

Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was found guilty of murdering peer Austin Metcalf, 17, during a Dallas-area track meet last year

Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas high school track meet.

Jury rejects 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony’s claims of self-defense after 2025 death of Austin Metcalf in stadium bleachers

Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony was sentenced on Tuesday to 35 years in prison for murdering Texas teen Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year. According to the New York Post, the sentence was handed down hours after a Collin County, Texas, jury found the 19-year-old Anthony guilty of first-degree murder in the […]

A Collin County jury has sentenced Karmelo Anthony to 35 years in prison for the 2025 murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Here's all we know about the case.

Karmelo Anthony has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf in 2025 after the same jury found him guilty of murder earlier on Tuesday.

Texas teen Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison Tuesday, just hours after being found guilty of murder in the death of a fellow high school student at a track meet. The 19-year-old had faced a maximum of 99 years imprisonment for the April 2025 fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Even though Anthony was just 17 at the time of the incident, Texas law allowed him to be charged as an adult. READ: Texas teen Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murder in death of Austin Metcalf According to Yahoo News, during the sentencing Tuesday evening, the jury did not consider defense arguments that Anthony's attack was carried out under "sudden passion," which could have reduced his time. It reported that some people in the courtroom, including Anthony's mother, reacted to the 35-year sentence with cries. According to the Associated Press, Prosecutors had argued that the stabbing of Metcalf was an unjustified attack related to a dispute over whether Anthony could be under the tent of Metcalf’s team during a rainy track meet. Defense attorneys, however, insisted that Anthony felt threatened and believed he needed to defend himself when physical contact was made, the AP report stated. Metcalf’s death drew wide attention, in part because of social media posts that amplified the case in racial terms, according to the AP. Anthony is black while Metcalf was white.

Karmelo Anthony has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf in 2025 after the same jury found him guilty of murder earlier on Tuesday.

The trial drew lines of spectators and unfolded amid heavy security at a courthouse in Collin County

A Collin County jury has sentenced Karmelo Anthony to 35 years in prison for the 2025 murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.

Emotions were high after a jury in Texas found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year. Immediately after the verdict, tension erupted outside the courthouse. Jonah Kaplan reports.

An American teenager was found guilty of murder Tuesday in the death of another teen in a high profile case that sparked debates over self-defense, race and school safety. Now 19, Karmelo Anthony, who is black, was convicted over the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, who was white, at a school stadium in a Dallas, Texas suburb in April 2025. According to the Associated Press, Prosecutors argued that the stabbing of Metcalf was an unjustified attack related to a dispute over whether Anthony could be under the tent of Metcalf’s team during a rainy track meet. Defense attorneys, however, insisted that Anthony felt threatened and believed he needed to defend himself when physical contact was made, the AP report stated. Metcalf’s death drew wide attention, in part because of social media posts that amplified the case in racial terms, according to the AP.' Anthony’s conviction have triggered outrage among some Black Americans on social media.

Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was found guilty of murder in the 2025 stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet.

Texas trial drew national attention due to race, as Karmelo Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was whiteFollowing a trial that lasted just one week from jury selection to verdict, a Collin county, Texas, jury found Karmelo Anthony, now 19, guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf last year. The closely watched trial drew national attention, with viral social media posts that highlighted the racial composition of the case: Anthony is Black; Austin was white. Attorneys selected 12 jurors and six alternates for the trial; none of the jurors was Black.Anthony, of Centennial high school, and Austin, of Memorial high school, were both 17 when they met during a Frisco independent school district track meet in April 2025. A rain shower started and led to confusion – some athletes stayed on the field, while others ran for cover under team tents. Centennial did not have a tent that day, and when Anthony sought shelter under Memorial’s tent, a confrontation occurred resulting in Anthony stabbing Austin, who was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local hospital. Continue reading...

Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of the 2025 murder of fellow high school student Austin Metcalf at a district-wide meet in Frisco, a Dallas suburb. Anthony’s legal team argued he acted in self-defense after he’d sat in the bleachers under the tent of rival high school Memorial and was confronted by members of its track team and told to leave.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school event in Frisco, Texas.

A jury on Tuesday found Karmelo Anthony, 19, guilty of murder for the 2025 stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet. CBS News correspondent Jonah Kaplan reports.

A jury in Collin County, Texas, has found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. The post Texas Jury Finds Karmelo Anthony Guilty in the Murder of Austin Metcalf appeared first on Breitbart.

A Texas jury on Tuesday found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet last year, concluding a closely watched trial that drew national attention over questions of race, self-defense and school safety.

McKINNEY, Texas — A Texas jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty Tuesday of the 2025 murder of Austin Metcalf, a fellow high school student at a Dallas-area track meet

Anthony, now 19, claimed he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, with a folding knife after a heated argument at the high school event in Frisco in April 2025.

A Collin County jury reached a verdict in the trial of Karmelo Anthony for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.

Karmelo Anthony's defense rests without his testimony in the murder trial for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet.

Extraordinary scenes are unfolding at the trial of Karmelo Anthony - the black teenager accused of fatally stabbing white athlete Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a high school track meet.

Texas attorney says Karmelo Anthony murder trial could hinge on self-defense laws, race and jurors' understanding of high school track meets.

McKINNEY, Texas — The murder trial of a Karmelo Anthony, a Texas teen accused of stabbing a fellow high schooler at a track meet, continued Saturday

The defense was stunned this week when jury selection wrapped up in the murder trial of a white football star and ended without a black juror The post Karmelo Anthony Trial: Social Justice Org Outraged as No Black Jurors Selected appeared first on Breitbart.

The murder trial of Karmelo Anthony got underway Thursday with opening statements after a racially charged jury selection process concluded without a single Black juror on the panel, delivering an early blow to the defense in a case that has gripped the nation since a fatal stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet more than a year ago.

The teen on trial for allegedly fatally stabbing a Texas high school football star suffered a major blow after jury selection wrapped without a single black juror seated on the panel, according to reports.

Opening statements begin in the Texas murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, charged in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, has been charged with murdering Austin Metcalf, 17, during a violent confrontation last year that shocked the nation.

The murder trial of Karmelo Anthony will begin today after the student fatally stabbed football star Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco in April 2025.