{"id":2420269,"date":"2025-04-05T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-of-teen-who-fatally-stabbed-student-athlete-at-track-meet-claims-son-is-innocent\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:44:54","slug":"dad-of-teen-who-fatally-stabbed-student-athlete-at-track-meet-claims-son-is-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-of-teen-who-fatally-stabbed-student-athlete-at-track-meet-claims-son-is-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad of Teen Who Fatally Stabbed Student Athlete at Track Meet Claims Son Is Innocent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fdad-of-teen-who-fatally-stabbed-student-athlete-at-track-meet-claims-son-is-innocent%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=2420269&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>The father of a 17-year-old charged with the murder of another teenager at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-athlete-sucker-punches-runner-from-behind-knocks-him-down-during-high-school-track-meet\/\" title=\"WATCH: Athlete Sucker-Punches Runner From Behind, Knocks Him Down During High School ...\">high school track meet<\/a> in Texas claims his son is being misunderstood. Andrew Anthony, the father of Karmelo Anthony, stated in a recent interview that his son was not the aggressor in the altercation that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. The incident occurred during a rain delay at the event when Karmelo allegedly entered a tent used by Metcalf&#8217;s team. While Karmelo admitted to police that he stabbed Metcalf, he claimed it was an act of self-defense, stating he was protecting himself after being pushed. Witnesses, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-grills-biden-nominee-over-push-to-lift-sanctions-on-group-tied-to-terror\/\" title=\"Grassley Grills Biden Nominee Over Push to Lift Sanctions on Group Tied to Terror\">provided conflicting accounts<\/a>, suggesting Karmelo had threatened Metcalf before the stabbing. The tragic incident was particularly painful for the Metcalf family as Austin&#8217;s twin brother was present and held him as he died. Karmelo Anthony, who faces a murder charge that could result in a prison sentence between five and 99 years, is depicted by his father as a diligent student with a 3.7 GPA and two jobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youve-got-to-be-kidding-upcoming-o-j-simpson-biopic-reaches-new-low-for-hollywood-depicts-him-as-innocent\/\" title=\"Unbelievable&#039;: New O.J. Simpson Biopic Portrays Him as Innocent\">challenging public perceptions<\/a> of his character.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The father of a teenager charged with murdering another teen at a high school track meet in Texas is claiming his son is being misunderstood.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Anthony, the father of 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us-news\/dad-of-teen-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-texas-football-star-austin-metcalf-says-son-was-not-the-aggressor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> in an interview published Thursday that his son was not the instigator of the fight that led to the death of Austin Metcalf, also 17.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was not the aggressor,&rdquo; Anthony told the Post. &ldquo;He was not the one who started it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s an argument the suspect made at the time of his arrest, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/student-stabbed-high-school-track-meet-dies-twins-arms-teen-charged-murder-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbing took place<\/a> at a stadium in Frisco, Texas, about 30 miles north of Dallas.<\/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>Both teens were competing in the meet with their schools, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/13932962\/austin-metcalf-murder-stabbed-high-school-track-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Sun<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/frisco-texas-track-meet-stabbing-austin-metcalf-family\/story?id=120454217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Anthony attended Frisco Centennial High; Austin attended Frisco Memorial High.<\/p>\n<p>They did not know each other, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>The two began arguing when Anthony went into the pop-up tent being used by Metcalf&rsquo;s school&rsquo;s team during a rain delay, according to The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/crime\/what-we-know-about-the-fatal-frisco-track-meet-stabbing\/ar-AA1CaszO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/suspect-in-fatal-stabbing-during-frisco-high-school-track-meet-i-did-it\/3808139\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAS-TV<\/a> in Fort Worth reported that an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">arrest affidavit released<\/a> by the Frisco police stated that Karmelo Anthony admitted he was the one who stabbed Metcalf, but claimed he was only reacting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was protecting myself,&rdquo; Anthony told a police officer, according to KXAS. &ldquo;He put his hands on me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But witness statements cited in the KXAS report tell a more complicated story.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-charged-with-killing-missouri-man-weeks-before-christmas\/\" title=\"Illegal Alien ... with Killing Missouri Man Weeks Before Christmas\">witness told police<\/a>, according to the station, that Anthony was carrying a bag. He &ldquo;unzipped his bag, reached in, and then told Metcalf, &lsquo;Touch me and see what happens,&#8217;&rdquo; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, the police report stated, according to KXAS, &ldquo;Austin grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out &hellip; a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When he was arrested, Anthony asked one officer if the stabbing could be considered self-defense, according to KXAS. He also asked if Metcalf was going to survive, the station reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New details emerge surrounding North Texas fatal track meet stabbing in arrest affidavit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bN9cFENB9kg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As tragic as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/18-year-old-homecoming-king-killed-hunting-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of any teenager<\/a> is, but especially one in a high-school dispute, Metcalf&rsquo;s was made even more wrenching by the fact that he was with his twin brother, Hunter, who held him in his arms as he died.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/student-stabbed-frisco-track-meet\/3806667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAS<\/a> published Wednesday, the Metcalf twins&rsquo; father, Jeff Metcalf, had some hard questions about the suspect&rsquo;s upbringing.<\/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; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is murder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Anthony told the Post that Karmelo Anthony is not the person the public thinks. He said the teen has two jobs and a 3.7 GPA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he&rsquo;s not what they&rsquo;re making him out to be,&rdquo; &nbsp;he said.<\/p>\n<p>Charged with murder, Karmelo Anthony is facing a sentence ranging from five years to 99 years in prison, according to KXAS.<\/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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Reports indicate that Karmelo claimed he was merely defending himself during his arrest after the stabbing incident at a stadium in Frisco, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420270,"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\/Picture-2025-04-05T104814.709.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13346,52914,13978,9351,52913],"class_list":["post-2420269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dad","tag-innocent-claim","tag-stabbing","tag-teen","tag-track-meet"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture-2025-04-05T104814.709.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420269","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=2420269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420273,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420269\/revisions\/2420273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}