No Black Jurors Selected for Murder Trial Over Killing at 2025 Texas High School
Karmelo Anthony, who is Black, is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf, who was white, at track meet in an affluent Dallas suburb
TL;DR
- Karmelo Anthony, 17, is on trial for the first-degree murder of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a 2025 high school track meet in Frisco, Texas.
- Anthony is Black, and Metcalf was white; social media posts racialized the case.
- The jury selection process resulted in an all-white jury, with defense attorneys claiming prosecutors improperly struck the only three Black prospective jurors.
- The judge accepted the prosecution's reasoning that the Black jurors were removed because they were educators.
- Witnesses and the arrest report describe an altercation beginning when Anthony sat in Metcalf's team tent, leading to a physical confrontation and the stabbing.
- The defense claims self-defense due to fear and chaos, while the prosecution states it was a surprise attack.
- The trial is expected to last two weeks, and Anthony faces five years to life in prison if convicted.