Defense attorneys for Karmelo Anthony open their case, claiming self-defense in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet.

Anthony, now 19, had been charged in the April 2, 2025, killing of Metcalf at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Prosecutors argued Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation between the two teenagers,

The defense today rested in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial in Texas. They argued their client acted in self-defense when he stabbed and killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports.

A Collin County jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a 2025 Frisco track meet.

The defense presented only three witnesses before resting on Monday, June 8. There was a lengthy break from late morning to mid-afternoon, during which many wondered whether Anthony would testify. In the end,

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.

A teenager who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet was upset immediately after the confrontation and said he had warned the victim “not to touch me," a witness testified Monday as a trial entered a second week.

The jury has reached a verdict on the charges against Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.