Frisco ISD track meet stabbing suspect said it was self-defense, police report says: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2025/04/04/frisco-isd-track-meet-stabbing-suspect-said-it-was-self-defense-police-report-says/
Witnesses told police Karmelo Anthony, 17, fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf, 17, after being either grabbed or shoved.
The teen suspect in a fatal stabbing at a Frisco ISD track meet told police he stabbed Austin Metcalf after the other teen grabbed him during an altercation, according to an arrest report obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Karmelo remained in Collin County jail Friday in lieu of a $1 million bond, according to jail records. He faces a murder charge. An attorney listed as representing him did not immediately return messages seeking comment Friday morning.
Witnesses told police the altercation began when Karmelo sat under Memorial High’s assigned tent. Austin’s twin brother, Hunter, told The News that students were sitting under the tents due to a rain delay at the track meet. Austin told Karmelo he needed to move, the report said. Karmelo reached inside his bag and said to Austin “Touch me and see what happens,” the report said. Austin then touched Karmelo, who then said “Punch me and see what happens.”
Austin then grabbed Karmelo to tell him to move, and Karmelo pulled out a knife, stabbed Austin once in the chest and ran away, the witness told police. Another witness told police Austin shoved Karmelo before he was stabbed.
After being stabbed, Austin grabbed his chest and told bystanders to call for help, the report says. Athletic trainers reportedly tended to him before first responders arrived.
Austin was a junior at Frisco Memorial High School. He was a football player who was voted MVP of his school’s team and named a second-team all-district linebacker. His father told The News that Austin was being recruited to play college football.
Karmelo is a student at Frisco Centennial High School, and according to his Instagram account, is also a football player at his school and received college football offers.
Whether the incident was captured on camera was unclear Friday. Officer Grant Cottingham, a police spokesperson, declined to say in response to an inquiry from The News, citing the ongoing investigation.
According to the Frisco police report, police were called at about 10 a.m. A witness pointed out Karmelo to a school resource officer as the suspect. As the officer approached Karmelo, he told the officer “I was defending myself,” and “he put his hands on me,” according to the report.
The officer handcuffed Karmelo, and as another officer approached, the arresting officer said he had the alleged suspect in custody. According to the report, Karmelo said “I’m not alleged, I did it.”
As the officer walked Karmelo to his patrol car, the teen reportedly began “crying hysterically” and said “he put his hands on me, I told him not to.” Another officer wrote in the report that Karmelo asked if what happened could be considered self-defense.