‘He died in his brother’s arms’: Teen stabbed to death at track meet during fight over bleacher seating, police say

A Texas teen who allegedly stabbed different teenage lad astatine a way conscionable implicit an statement astir wherever helium was sitting has been charged with murder.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, is being held without enslaved astatine Frisco City Jail aft being charged with the execution of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. According to the Frisco Police Department, officers responded to “an incidental astatine a way meet” astatine Frisco Independent School District’s Kuykendall Stadium astatine astir 10 a.m. connected April 2. An altercation betwixt Anthony and Metcalf, some precocious schoolhouse students astatine competing schools, resulted successful Metcalf being stabbed. Despite lifesaving measures by archetypal responders, Metcalf died. Anthony was subsequently taken into custody.

KXAS, a section NBC affiliate, reported connected more details astir the crushed for the fight, stating that Anthony allegedly argued with Metcalf implicit wherever Anthony was sitting successful the bleachers. Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, told the presumption that the 2 pupil athletes didn’t cognize each other, but that the alleged statement was implicit seating successful the bleachers astatine the way meet.

“End result,” Jeff Metcalf said, “he stabbed my lad successful the bosom and killed him.”

“Something truthful small, truthful trivial,” helium added.

KXAS reported that according to Jeff Metcalf, the disagreement was triggered erstwhile Anthony, who was allegedly carrying a knife, was told that helium was sitting successful the incorrect place. Law&Crime reached retired to the Frisco Police Department to corroborate this item but they would not supply further accusation astir the case. It was not wide who initially confronted Anthony astir wherever helium was sitting.

Austin Metcalf was with his identical duplicate brother, Hunter Metcalf, who told section ABC affiliate WFAA that helium tried to prevention his brother’s beingness aft helium was allegedly attacked, but was yet incapable to prevention him. He told WFAA, “I looked astatine my member and I’m not going to speech astir the rest. I tried to assistance him.”

Jeff Metcalf told KXAS, “his member was holding connected to him, trying to marque it halt bleeding, and helium died successful his brother’s arms.”

Anthony was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. He is presently successful custody astatine Frisco City Jail but is expected to beryllium transferred to Collin County Jail, according to reporting by Newsweek.

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