Texas Teen Gets 35 Years for Fatal Stabbing After School Sports Argument

Caramelo Anthony, now 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, who was stabbed to death after an April 2025 track meet in Texas. Anthony was 17 at the time and was tried as an adult under Texas law.

According to testimony, the confrontation began under a tent used by one school team, after Metcalf asked Anthony to leave. Anthony told Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens,” then pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed him once in the chest. Metcalf was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Anthony was arrested at the scene and admitted to the stabbing, but said he acted in self-defense.

The jury rejected that claim and found him guilty of murder rather than the lesser charge of manslaughter sought by his defense. He can seek parole only after serving half the sentence. His lawyers plan to appeal, and they are expected to argue that the jury was biased because no Black jurors served on the panel.