Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years after murder conviction in Texas high school stabbing

Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed in April 2025 during a districtwide track meet in Frisco, a Dallas suburb.

McKINNEY, Texas — Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison Tuesday, just hours after a Texas jury found him guilty of murder in the 2025 killing of Austin Metcalf, a fellow high school student, at a Dallas-area track meet.

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The verdict, reached in less than three hours and read by Texas District Court Judge John Roach Jr., could have carried a maximum of 99 years. Anthony was 17 at the time, but Texas law allowed him to be charged as an adult. He is now 19.

During the subsequent sentencing phase Tuesday evening, the jury rejected defense arguments that Anthony’s attack was carried out under “sudden passion,” which could have reduced his time.