A 17-year-old individual, who is a suspect in the fatal stabbing of another teenager during a high school track meet in Texas, reportedly admitted to a police officer shortly after the incident.
Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete at Frisco Centennial High School, has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, due to a dispute over seating.
An arrest report from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth revealed that a school resource officer was the first to reach the scene and provide comfort to Anthony following the tragic incident.
“I gave the suspect instructions to keep his hands up in the air. During this time, the suspect said verbally out loud, ‘I was protecting myself,’” the report from the responding resource officer states.
High school junior Austin Metcalf, 17, was killed during an altercation at a track meet in Frisco, Texas. (Jeff Metcalf)
“He put his hands on me. I told him not to,” Anthony allegedly said as authorities walked the teenager to a police vehicle.
Anthony also asked the officers if Metcalf was “going to be okay” and asked if what happened could be considered “self-defense,” FOX 4 reported, citing the police document.
File photo of Jeff Metcalf with his son, Austin Metcalf, who was stabbed in the chest allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony at a Texas track meet. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter, who spoke on “The Will Cain Show” Wednesday alongside his grieving mother, Meghan, recalled the moment he saw his brother with a wound to his chest after the altercation with Anthony.
“I whipped my head around, and then all of a sudden I see him running down the bleachers just grabbing his chest… I put my hand on there, tried to make [the bleeding] stop, and I grabbed his head and I looked in his eyes. I just saw his soul leave, and it took my soul, too,” Hunter said.
Anthony is being held in a Collin County jail on $1 million bail.
Fox News’ Madeliene Coggins contributed to this report.
