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The jury in the Karmelo Anthony murder case reached a swift verdict after deliberating for more than two hours on Tuesday.
A note was handed to the judge…we are awaiting the verdict.
The judge will read verdict at 3:05 ET
— Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) June 9, 2026
16-year-old track and football star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to death by Karmelo Anthony in April 2025 during a championship track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
Austin Metcalf died in his twin brother Hunter Metcalf’s arms.
Karmelo Anthony was charged with first-degree murder and faces between 5 and 99 years in prison.
Over the weekend, numerous eyewitnesses who testified on the witness stand, said Karmelo Anthony instigated the fight and stabbed Austin Metcalf in an unprovoked attack.
Current and former students who witnessed the brutal stabbing testified under oath that Karmelo Anthony was looking for a fight.
The state rested its case on Saturday after calling 21 witnesses to the stand.
On Monday, the defense called a teen witness to the stand and they blew up the trial.
The unidentified minor teen previously claimed that Karmelo Anthony was “surrounded” and ganged up on prior to the stabbing.
However, on Monday, the teen testified that during cross-examination that “Karmelo was in the wrong” and provoked the confrontation, Fox News reported.
The jury decided between murder, manslaughter, or acquittal on Tuesday.
Per Fox News reporter Brooke Taylor:
-During closing arguments, the defense focused on self-defense, arguing “Austin and Hunter had the right to tell Melo to leave, but they did not have the right to use deadly force to make him leave. Melo had an absolute right to defense himself against that.”
-The prosecutor told jurors the case comes down to one simple point: “You don’t get to meet a shove with a stab, especially if you provoke the shove. That equals murder, plain and simple.”
-The defense also argued Metcalf was bigger than Anthony telling jurors, “these guys are much bigger than you, do you turn your back and walk away and take a chance that these teenage boys with their raging hormones?”
-Prosecutors pushed back, arguing Anthony could have walked away when asked to leave: “Size differential, it doesn’t work in this case, you don’t get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you.”
Latest from Karmelo Anthony trial.
-We are on standby as the jury continues deliberating
– In addition to murder, the judge is allowing jurors to consider the lesser charge of manslaughter.
-During closing arguments, the defense focused on self-defense, arguing “Austin and… pic.twitter.com/WSUUqJgqU4
— Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) June 9, 2026
Tensions flared outside Collin County Courthouse.
Black Panthers were outside the courthouse arguing with Karmelo Anthony supporters.
NOW: Karmelo Anthony supporters ARGUE with each other in the parking lot of the Collin County Courthouse as we await the jury’s verdict They’ve even got the Black Panthers out here today
But they’re VASTLY outnumbered by deputies and cops, who will NOT put up with their BS… pic.twitter.com/pcvxfjOwr9
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 9, 2026
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