911 call captures chaos after Austin Metcalf stabbing
A 911 call made by one of Austin Metcalf’s friends reveals the chaos after the 17-yera-old was stabbed by Karmelo Anthony during a high school track meet. Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. (Collin County Court)
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New videos and photos released Friday show the moments leading up to and after Karmelo Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf to death with a knife during a confrontation at a Texas high school track meet.
The videos were made public Friday by Collin County court following Anthony’s first-degree murder conviction earlier this month.
One piece of surveillance showed Anthony fleeing the tent where he stabbed Metcalf, running through the stands and onto the track in Frisco, Texas, on April 2, 2025.
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Another surveillance video shows Anthony walking by the track tents before the stabbing, and a third shows him being taken into custody on the track soon after.
Among the other images released were a blood-soaked jacket and the folding Ozark Trail multi-tool knife prosecutors said was used to fatally stab Metcalf, as well as the bleachers at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco on April 2, 2025.
The newly released trial exhibits from the murder case include crime scene photos, images of the knife prosecutors said was used in the stabbing, 911 calls and police body camera footage shown to jurors.
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The bodycam video captures the moments after Anthony was taken into custody following the fatal stabbing of Metcalf at a high school track meet. In the footage, Anthony is heard telling officers, “He put his hands on me. I told him not to. He put his hands on me.”
The video shows an officer check Anthony’s pockets then ask him his name, school and grade as he puts him in a police vehicle.
In audio released of the 911 call after the attack, a person can be heard saying that an athlete was stabbed, and an Army veteran was compressing the wound. People can be heard yelling in the background.
The caller added that Metcalf was now unconscious and not breathing. Later in the video he said Metcalf appeared to be breathing again.
As he speaks to the 911 operator, a man can be overheard shouting, “Stay with me, Austin!”
“There’s a lot of blood. He’s not breathing,” the caller said, adding that he didn’t know at the time who stabbed him. But he said that the students would know.
The operator then takes him through the process of stopping the bleeding.
Later, the the caller says that he could see the suspect being taken into custody not far from where Metcalf lay.
“Come on, Austin,” a man can be heard saying as they give Metcalf chest compressions. “Fight through, Austin!”
The call ends as paramedics arrive.
Anthony used a blade to stab Metcalf after the teen and his brother confronted him while sitting in their team’s tent at Memorial High School, prosecutors said. Anthony, who was 17 at the time, admitted he stabbed Metcalf but claimed he acted in self-defense.
During Anthony’s trial, prosecutor Bill Wirskye noted that the 3½-inch-long weapon used by Anthony was “not particularly a quality knife,” but it ultimately proved lethal when he pulled it from his backpack during the confrontation.
Anthony was sentenced this month to 35 years in prison for the stabbing, which ignited a wave of criticism from his supporters over the makeup of the jury. Anthony will be eligible for parole after serving half his sentence.
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Other images released Friday show a deep gash on Metcalf’s chest with a forensic ruler placed beside the wound. Another shows Anthony near the football field where the track meet was being held at the time of the killing.
A short video appears to show Anthony being arrested by responding officers. One of the officers says to another as they arrive: “This is the alleged suspect.”
“I know how it goes,” a voice is heard off camera. “I’m not alleged. I did it.”
A folding pocketknife with a dark blade and gray handle used to murder Austin Metcalf is photographed by authorities at the scene in Texas. (Collin County Court)
Collin County District Judge John Roach, who authorized the release of the images and videos, told Digital that he understood the public’s desire to know what happened in the case.
“The overwhelming focus on my ruling regarding the media in the courtroom was to protect the process, witnesses, and jury. Now that the trial is over, it is important to me to provide transparency,” he said.
One image shows Anthony’s hands cuffed following the deadly incident while sitting in the back of a police vehicle with what appears to be blood on his left hand.
Bodycam video released Friday from Collin County Court in Texas shows Karmelo Anthony placed in handcuffs moments after the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf. (Collin County Court)
Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, previously told Digital that surveillance footage of his son’s fatal stabbing would contradict many of the claims that circulated online after the deadly confrontation at a Texas track meet.
Now, with Collin County releasing trial exhibits presented to jurors, the public is getting its first look at evidence shown during Anthony’s murder trial.
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Karmelo Anthony is photographed handcuffed in a police vehicle with blood visible on his left-hand finger. (Collin County Court)
Metcalf, who viewed the footage before it was played in court, said he believed its release would answer lingering questions about what happened beneath the Memorial High School team tent the day of the murder.
“The video clearly shows the conversation lasted less than 10 seconds. That’s it,” Metcalf previously told Digital. “There was no four-on-one.”
Austin Metcalf, left, and Karmelo Anthony. (Jeff Metcalf; Collin County Sheriff’s Office)
Metcalf said the footage contradicts claims that Anthony was jumped, surrounded or attacked by multiple students before the stabbing.
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“He wasn’t jumped. There was no four-on-one. He wasn’t surrounded,” Metcalf said. “Look at the video. There’s a shove and there’s a stab, and it’s over and he runs away. That’s it.”
