Karmelo Anthony, 17, is suspected of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf during a race competition in Texas last week. According to reports, he told his adversary, “Touch me and see what happens.”
According to a recent police report, Metcalf claimed to have approached Anthony and requested him to get up from his seat, which led to a deadly altercation.
Although the two youngsters had never met before, they were both competitors at a track meet in Frisco, Texas on April 2. According to reports, Anthony, who goes to another school, was told to leave the stands of Frisco Memorial High School by Metcalf, who questioned him about it.
Hunter, Austin’s twin brother, who was also present, told WFAA: “And my brother moved in and told me you had to move. And he shouts, “Move me.”
Then, Anthony allegedly reached for his rucksack and produced a knife. Austin was then stabbed in the chest by him.
As he waited for emergency personnel to arrive, Hunter tragically disclosed how he held his brother in his arms and tried to halt the bleeding.
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Karmelo Anthony (17) fatally stabbed the Texan (17) in the chest during a track event in Texas.
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Anthony is being held on a $1 million bond after being charged with murder.
Fox News is now learning more about the pre-stabbing altercation from an arrest report. Metcalf reportedly told Anthony that he had to leave the Memorial team’s tent. Anthony “grabbed his bag, opened it, and reached inside it,” according to the complaint, and said, “Touch me and see what happens.”
According to the arrest report, Austin got up and shoved the man out of the tent.
According to a witness, Anthony then “reached into his bag and the male took a knife out of the bag and stabbed Austin,” according to the police report.
We offer the whole Frisco community and Austin Metcalf’s family our sincerest condolences this morning pic.twitter.com/b9U52vbLIv.
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A school resource officer was the first to reach the scene, according to Fox News. I was defending myself,” Anthony said to him. “I was touched by him.”
To date, donations to Anthony’s online fundraising have totalled almost $150,000.
