Witness Says Karmelo Anthony Was Distraught in Karmelo Anthony Verdict
A witness told jurors Monday that Karmelo Anthony was distraught immediately after the stabbing that killed Austin Metcalf, adding a new courtroom detail to the karmelo anthony verdict case as the murder trial entered a second week. The same witness said Anthony warned Metcalf, “not to touch me.”
Frisco stabbing testimony
Anthony, now 19, is charged with murder in the death of Metcalf, who was 17 when he was killed at a school stadium in Frisco in April 2025. The testimony came as prosecutors and defense attorneys continued to frame the confrontation in sharply different ways.
Prosecutors say the stabbing was an unprovoked attack tied to a dispute over whether Anthony could be under the tent of Metcalf’s team during a rainy track meet. Defense attorneys say Anthony felt threatened. Monday’s testimony pushed the trial further into the dispute over what happened in the moments before the stabbing and how jurors should read Anthony’s reaction afterward.
Metcalf and Anthony
Metcalf’s death remains the center of the case because the state and the defense are arguing over the same encounter but drawing opposite conclusions from it. The witness’s account of Anthony being upset immediately after the confrontation and saying “not to touch me” gives jurors a direct description of his state right after the stabbing.
That account matters because it sits alongside the competing theories already before the jury: prosecutors describing a one-sided assault, and defense lawyers pressing a self-defense claim based on Anthony’s belief that he was in danger. The trial’s second week now has a sharper focus on the immediate lead-up and the immediate aftermath, both of which will shape how the jury weighs intent, fear, and response.
Monday in Frisco
For readers following the case, Monday’s testimony is the clearest update so far: the jury heard not just that a stabbing happened, but that Anthony was said to be distraught right after it and had issued a warning before the fatal blow. The next stage of the case will turn on whether jurors accept the state’s version of an unprovoked attack or the defense’s argument that Anthony reacted to a perceived threat.
