{"id":2419491,"date":"2025-04-03T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-stabbed-at-high-school-track-meet-dies-in-twins-arms-teen-charged-with-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:42:04","slug":"student-stabbed-at-high-school-track-meet-dies-in-twins-arms-teen-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-stabbed-at-high-school-track-meet-dies-in-twins-arms-teen-charged-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Stabbed at High School Track Meet Dies in Twin&#8217;s Arms, Teen Charged with Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudent-stabbed-at-high-school-track-meet-dies-in-twins-arms-teen-charged-with-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2419491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-teenage-boy-allegedly-kills-9-in-school-shooting-in-serbia\/\" title=\"Teen boy reportedly kills 9 in Serbia school shooting.\">tragic incident occurred<\/a> at a regional track meet in Frisco, Texas, where 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high school student<\/a>, was fatally stabbed. During the event, his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, witnessed the attack and attempted to assist Austin until help arrived. Karmelo Anthony, another 17-year-old from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-tells-principals-to-create-fake-curriculum-to-send-parents-after-complaints-of-indoctrination\/\" title=\"School District Tells Principals To Create Fake Curriculum To Send Parents After Complaints Of Indoctrination\">nearby school<\/a>, has been charged with murder in connection to the incident, which reportedly stemmed from a dispute over seating. Austin&#8217;s mother expressed her grief, stating he was a promising student with aspirations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clemson-qb-partners-with-dr-pepper-in-major-brand-endorsement-deal-for-college-athlete\/\" title=\"Clemson QB Partners With Dr. Pepper In Major Brand Endorsement Deal For College Athlete\">playing college football<\/a>. The community is mourning the loss of a well-loved individual,as his father questioned the upbringing of the assailant and the circumstances that led to the deadly confrontation. This shocking event has raised concerns and discussions about youth violence and safety at school events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old Texas high school student was murdered at a regional track meet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Metcalf of Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, was stabbed during the meet, with his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, holding him after the attack, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/frisco-texas-isd-track-meet-suspended-emergency-incident-schoo-district-kuykendall-stadium\/287-6380955c-e03d-4aeb-837f-a0fc31a46c40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Karmelo Anthony, 17, of Frisco&rsquo;s Centennial High School, has been charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-teen-accused-killing-mom-florida-charged-oklahoma-dads-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Metcalf, Austin&rsquo;s mother, went to the hospital where her son was taken after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My son is not here anymore, and I don&rsquo;t understand it,&rdquo; she grieved. &ldquo;He was the most amazing kid. So smart. He had college football guys looking at him to play in college. His goal was to play in college.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Police responded to a 10 a.m. incident. Hunter Metcalf said he saw his brother being stabbed and tried to stop the blood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I tried to whip around as fast as I could,&rdquo; Hunter Metcalf said. &ldquo;I looked at my brother, and I&rsquo;m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter said he held Austin until&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-nightmare-student-walking-class-gets-viciously-stabbed-classmate-bloody-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first responders<\/a> arrived&nbsp;and tried to save his brother.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SAY HIS NAME: AUSTIN METCALF<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; MVP Frisco Memorial High School Football<br \/> &ndash; National Honors Society<br \/> &ndash; Near perfect GPA<\/p>\n<p>The Texan (17) was fatally st*bbed in the chest by Karmelo Anthony (17) at a Texas track meet.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy media would call this a hate crime if races were reversed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OgSXNzT62R\">pic.twitter.com\/OgSXNzT62R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul A. Szypula &#127482;&#127480; (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1907773306788302873?\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Metcalf, the boys&rsquo; father, said that the incident began when a student with a knife was told he was sitting in the wrong place, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/student-stabbed-frisco-track-meet\/3806667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Metcalf said Austin Metcalf did not know his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-arrested-stabbing-boy-death-street-due-dems-no-cash-bail-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were twins, identical twins, and his brother was holding on to him, trying to make it stop bleeding, and he died in his brother&rsquo;s arms,&rdquo; Jeff Metcalf said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I rushed up there, and I saw him on the gurney, and I could tell &mdash; they said he wasn&rsquo;t breathing. I could see all the blood, and I saw where the wound was, and I was very concerned, so I had to find his brother, and we rushed to the hospital.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we prayed, and it&rsquo;s God&rsquo;s plan. I don&rsquo;t understand it, but they weren&rsquo;t able to save him. This is murder,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Austin &ldquo;was on the right track,&rdquo; Jeff Metcalf said. &ldquo;He was loved by many. He was a leader.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Metcalf said the roots of the tragedy went beyond Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not trying to judge, but what kind of parents did this child have? What was he taught? He brought a knife to a track meet, and he murdered my son by stabbing him in the heart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The guy was in the wrong place, and they asked him to move, and he bowed up. This is murder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Frisco is about 30 miles north of Dallas, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/17-year-old-fatally-stabbed-student-texas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Austin Metcalf, a student at Memorial High School in Frisco, was attacked while his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, attempted to assist him afterward. Karmelo Anthony, also 17 and from Centennial High School in Frisco, has been charged with murder. Austin&#8217;s mother expressed her heartbreak at the hospital, stating she couldn&#8217;t comprehend the loss of her son who had aspirations of playing college football. Police reported that the incident occurred around 10 a.m., and Hunter described witnessing the stabbing and trying to help his brother until emergency responders arrived. Their father noted that the conflict began when someone asked Anthony to move from an incorrect seating area; he emphasized that Austin did not know his attacker and condemned the act as murder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2419492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/High-School-Track-Stabbing.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52774,38496,41867],"class_list":["post-2419491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-high-school-tragedy","tag-murder-charge","tag-student-safety"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/High-School-Track-Stabbing.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419495,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419491\/revisions\/2419495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}