A 17-year-old is in custody after allegedly fatally stabbing another student in the heart during an altercation at a track meet on April 2nd.
Frisco police and fire departments responded to a call about a stabbing at the event around 10 a.m. Upon arrival, they found the victim, also 17 years old, critically injured. Despite efforts by paramedics and police to provide aid, the victim died at the scene.
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Police identified the suspect as Karmelo Anthony, who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The victim was identified as Austin Metcalf, a student at Frisco Memorial High School.
According to KDFW-TV, Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, stated that the incident stemmed from an argument over seating arrangements. Jeff Metcalf said Anthony became angry after Austin Metcalf told him he was sitting in an area designated for Memorial High School students, as the two attended different schools.
“He wound up stabbing him in the heart and killing him, all over someone sitting in the wrong spot at a track meet,” Jeff Metcalf told KDFW-TV.
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KXAS-TV reported that Jeff Metcalf also shared the devastating detail that Austin Metcalf’s identical twin brother “was holding on to him, trying to make it stop bleeding, and he died in his brother’s arms.”
The incident has shaken the Frisco community, and the investigation is ongoing.
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