🔴LIVE: Karmelo Anthony Trial [ntLGdiBCXDZ]
Attorneys gave closing arguments on Tuesday morning in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, the teenager accused of fatally stabbing a fellow student during a high school track meet last year. Defense attorneys rested their case Monday without calling Anthony to the witness stand. The 19-year-old faces a first-degree murder charge in the April 2, 2025, death of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a stadium in the Dallas suburb of Frisco. Following the conclusion of closing arguments, the Collin County jury will be sequestered to deliberate Anthony’s fate. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of five to 99 years or life in prison. The jury headed into deliberations. They must decide Anthony's guilt or innocence on the charges of murder or manslaughter. Did he commit murder by acting knowingly or intentionally, or did he commit manslaughter by acting recklessly with a conscious disregard for life? FOX 4 News is a FOX-owned station serving Dallas-Fort Worth and all of North Texas.