Karmelo Anthony gets 35 years in Austin Metcalf stabbing. Here’s what to know

A Collin County jury convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco. The jury rejected both self-defense and sudden passion arguments in the case.

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Here are key takeaways:

• Anthony must serve 17 1/2 years before becoming eligible for parole. Judge John Roach had instructed jurors to consider a sentence between five and 99 years, or life.
• Both teens were 17 at the time of the April 2025 stabbing at Kuykendall Stadium. Metcalf attended Memorial High School and Anthony attended Centennial High School.
• Witnesses said the fight broke out after Metcalf asked Anthony to move from under the Memorial team tent. Prosecutors said Anthony pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed Metcalf in the chest.
• The Metcalf family delivered emotional victim impact statements. “You should feel lucky you got 35 years because I’ve been given a life sentence without my son,” Austin’s mother, Meghan Metcalf, told Anthony.
• Anthony did not testify. His mother, Kala Hayes, was the only defense witness in the punishment phase and pleaded, “Please have mercy on my son.”

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