TX - Austin Metcalf - 17 - fatally stabbed at track meet, 2 April 2025

[Nieves]

Student fatally stabbed at Frisco track meet, one in custody, police say

One person is in custody after a student was fatally stabbed at a high school track meet in Frisco Wednesday morning, police say.

www.nbcdfw.com

This is horrible. I loved track in high school and can't imagine something like this happening.

Yes. Horrible.

 

[Nieves]

No real explanation so far as to what the dispute was about.

What sad

 

[Seattle1]

Judge issues gag order for Frisco ISD track meet stabbing, Karmelo Anthony case

This gag order issued by Judge John Roach applies to anyone associated with the defense or the prosecution on the case.

www.cbsnews.com

7/30/25

This gag order issued by Judge John Roach applies to anyone associated with the defense or the prosecution on the case.

The order includes witnesses, expert consultants, agents, law enforcement personnel, courthouse staff and court-appointed officials.

The gag order states, "The court finds that extensive pre-trial publicity poses a serious risk to the fairness of the trial."

It also extends to family members and those who speak on behalf of families.

Both of the families involved have made public statements since the April 2 stabbing, when Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf had an altercation that authorities say led to Metcalf's death during a Frisco ISD track meet inside a high school stadium.

Legal experts tell CBS News Texas that gag orders are common in high-profile cases and generally don't benefit one side over the other.

ETA: from the video at the link-- the school district deadline to submit all witness information has also passed, and the gag order means we will never learn if KA was supposed to be at school on April 2 and not at the track meet due to an earlier alleged altercation.

 

[Seattle1]

Collin County judge issues gag order in Karmelo Anthony track meet murder case

Collin County Judge John Roach Jr. issued a gag order in the Karmelo Anthony track meet case. He's charged with first-degree murder, accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf.

www.keranews.org

7/30/25

A Collin County judge has issued a gag order in the Karmelo Anthony case.

Gag orders bar people involved in a trial, such as parties, attorneys and witness from speaking publicly about the case to the media or online.

A grand jury indicted Anthony for first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet. The trial is scheduled to start next June in Judge John Roach Jr.'s courtroom.

Court records show an order of protection was also issued. It's not known who the protective order was for. Both the Anthony and Metcalf families have faced harassment.

The case has gained national attention online over issues of race. Anthony is Black and Metcalf was white.

Frisco ISD was recently subpoenaed for personal information of student athletes from Memorial High School who attended the track meet where Metcalf was stabbed. Metcalf attended Memorial high school.

 

[Justice101]

IMO, this case will never go to trial. Although from a selfish standpoint, I'd like to know all the details in the invetigation.... but I believe there will be a plea deal right before the trial.

 

[Quill]

IMO, this case will never go to trial. Although from a selfish standpoint, I'd like to know all the details in the invetigation.... but I believe there will be a plea deal right before the trial.

Yep, and Austin's chair at his mama's table will still be empty.

 

[Miss Poovy]

Yep, and Austin's chair at his mama's table will still be empty.

A lot of cases are pled out. At minimum, I hope KA is getting some type of mental health counseling. A child psychologist told me one time one of worst things (preventive-wise), is to let a child/teenager think bad things are not a direct result of their actions.

It came up in a little different way about when you have guardianship of a child to act like their parents are OK or the parents will overcome their behavior when it is obvious to the kid that’s not happening in reality. (What an adult says doesn’t match what the kid sees with their own eyes.)

 

[mickey2942]

IMO, this case will never go to trial. Although from a selfish standpoint, I'd like to know all the details in the invetigation.... but I believe there will be a plea deal right before the trial.

What I have seen in so many of these cases, is manipulation by the defense. To change attorneys, request to reschedule the trial, keep kicking it down the road.

 

[airportwoman]

How's that six-figure sum you got from the fundraiser working out, Karmelo?

 

[Trino]

What I have seen in so many of these cases, is manipulation by the defense. To change attorneys, request to reschedule the trial, keep kicking it down the road.

The case has become too political, to volatile to go to trial. IMO unfortunately for the deceased, guessing the plea will not result in real punishment.

 

[Trino]

Someone needs to ask him why this great young man brought a knife to a track meet.

And further ask him why he reacted as he did before the stabbing. Not exactly normal behavior for someone described as a great young man.

 

[Justice101]

The case has become too political, to volatile to go to trial. IMO unfortunately for the deceased, guessing the plea will not result in real punishment.

Since there is some tiny semblance of self-defense here, and the trial would be long and would have potential for a hung jury, I think there will be a plea deal that would give him like 20 years time.

As opposed to him taking his chances with a judge and jury.

Just my take but it may still go to trial.

 

[Miss Poovy]

Since there is some tiny semblance of self-defense here, and the trial would be long and would have potential for a hung jury, I think there will be a plea deal that would give him like 20 years time.

As opposed to him taking his chances with a judge and jury.

Just my take but it may still go to trial.

IMO, I think I would have to hear more from the folks there about self-defense. I do agree that a 17-18 y.o. With no prior record (not counting school event), vigorous defense by skilled defense attorney, the plea would be around 20 years & it’s usually acknowledged as the best 20 years of your life! But I guess the judge or juror will decide that. Would be a hard swallow for the other family.

 

[Rosydecember]

With no prior record….. I’m sorry, but he’s too young to have a prior record. I’m sorry, that can’t be used as an excuse. He’s barely /not even of legal adulthood age therefore impossible to really have a prior record. He deserves to be sent away for a long time. I’ll stop now before I get banned

 

[Quill]

A lot of cases are pled out. At minimum, I hope KA is getting some type of mental health counseling. A child psychologist told me one time one of worst things (preventive-wise), is to let a child/teenager think bad things are not a direct result of their actions.

It came up in a little different way about when you have guardianship of a child to act like their parents are OK or the parents will overcome their behavior when it is obvious to the kid that’s not happening in reality. (What an adult says doesn’t match what the kid sees with their own eyes.)

Yes, great point. The actions need to be connected to the consequences. I realized at one point while my children were growing up that they equated the word "consequences" as synonomous with "punishment". That had to do with school and establishment of classroom rules, etc. I had to sit them down and explain because I wanted them to understand that the true meaning of that word was "results". Consequences are not always negative or punishing. They are simply the results of your actions, be they good or be they bad.

I think our stabber is past all that now, though. I'm skeptical that he will ever see his actions as wrong.

 

[Quill]

Since there is some tiny semblance of self-defense here, and the trial would be long and would have potential for a hung jury, I think there will be a plea deal that would give him like 20 years time.

As opposed to him taking his chances with a judge and jury.

Just my take but it may still go to trial.

Without a weapon on the deceased? I don't see any self defense. One person has a deadly weapon, the other does not.

 

[Miss Poovy]

With no prior record….. I’m sorry, but he’s too young to have a prior record. I’m sorry, that can’t be used as an excuse. He’s barely /not even of legal adulthood age therefore impossible to really have a prior record. He deserves to be sent away for a long time. I’ll stop now before I get banned

I’m not agreeing with a 20 year sentence, but I do believe a plea could be a possibility. Even if he had a prior record, could the record come in as testimony as he would have been a juvenile? Unfortunately, I’ve read multiple articles where a juvenile had prior bad acts and the jury never knew about it as it was not allowed as evidence. As far as I know the prior school incident is sorta cloudy, a little publicity, but not a lot of details.

 

[Miss Poovy]

Yes, great point. The actions need to be connected to the consequences. I realized at one point while my children were growing up that they equated the word "consequences" as synonomous with "punishment". That had to do with school and establishment of classroom rules, etc. I had to sit them down and explain because I wanted them to understand that the true meaning of that word was "results". Consequences are not always negative or punishing. They are simply the results of your actions, be they good or be they bad.

I think our stabber is past all that now, though. I'm skeptical that he will ever see his actions as wrong.

I agree, but the sentencing guidelines are 5 to 99 years, to life. IMO, even under lots of stress, his Mother (or step-mother) was very discourteous regarding the victim, so one could conjure a responsibility for actions viewpoint are low.

 

[Miss Poovy]

Without a weapon on the deceased? I don't see any self defense. One person has a deadly weapon, the other does not.

It will definitely be an interesting case. I don’t agree with a lighter sentence, but it seems like he’s caught a lot of breaks.

 

[Seattle1]

Without a weapon on the deceased? I don't see any self defense. One person has a deadly weapon, the other does not.

And one party, the victim, was where he was supposed to be, and the defendant was not. Admittedly, I once had so much concern for the defendant-- a head injury, psychotic event? But this soon faded as I watched an entitled, remorseless, celebrity wanna-be walk out of jail, entourage in tow. MOO