OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:41 PM – Monday, April 7, 2025
An online fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old accused of murdering Austin Metcalf, also 17, at a Texas track meet, has raised over $180,000.
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The fundraiser, which was set up on GiveSendGo, has raised $187,227 — as of Monday afternoon.
“This is the Official Support Fund for Karmelo and his family during this challenging and difficult time,”the Anthony family stated in the description.
“The narrative being spread is false, unjust, and harmful. As a family of faith, we are deeply grateful for all of your support during this trying period. Your prayers and assistance mean more to us now more than ever,” they continued.
Anthony has been held in the Collin County Jail on a seven-figure bond since being charged with fatally stabbing Metcalf and leaving him to die “in his twin brother’s arms” at an athletic event in Frisco on Wednesday morning.
The stabbing began when Metcalf, a Memorial High School junior, requested Anthony, a Centennial High School student, to move from underneath Memorial’s pop-up tent during a rain delay — and Anthony refused, according to the arrest report.
Anthony then unzipped a bag, reached inside, and told Metcalf: “Touch me and see what happens,” a witness told police.
According to authorities, Metcalf then “grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out … a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.”
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter, raced to Austin’s rescue, but was unable to save him.
“I put my hand on [his chest], tried to make [the bleeding] stop, and I grabbed his head and I looked into his eyes. I just saw his soul leave. And it took my soul, too,” Hunter told Fox News in an emotional interview the following day.
Anthony had attempted to flee the scene, but he was quickly arrested.
“I’m not alleged, I did it,” Anthony confessed to police as he was being taken into custody, according to the arrest report.
“I was protecting myself,” Anthony allegedly told cops. “He put his hands on me.”
Over the weekend, Anthony’s attorney, Deric Walpole, told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that he believes his client had acted in self-defense, when he thrust a knife into Metcalf’s heart — as Anthony told police during his arrest.
“I know that my client said it was self defense. I don’t have any reason to disbelieve that, but I need to develop facts, talk to people, and figure out what’s going on before I make any statements about what I think happened,” Walpole told the outlet. “I don’t have any reason to think it wasn’t self defense at this time.”
Walpole also stated that he has requested a hearing next week to reduce Anthony’s bond, currently set at $1 million, which might increase the likelihood of his release.
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