Frisco police said they arrested and charged 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony with Metcalf's murder. ... A spokesperson for the Frisco ISD said ... moments after the stabbing, the stadium was immediately secured, the meet was suspended, and all students were returned to their home campuses "with expediency." This report does not say Anthony was suspended from school.

The deadly stabbing occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2, 2025, during a track and field competition. ... Witnesses said the two got into an argument over Anthony, a then-17-year-old student at Frisco Centennial High School, being under Metcalf's school tent during the rainy track meet.

A Collin County jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet last year. This article reports on the conviction and sentence, but it does not state that Anthony had been suspended from school.

Karmelo Anthony was indicted on first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. Anthony, a then-17-year-old student at Frisco Centennial High School, was taken into custody. The article describes his arrest, bond reduction, and house arrest conditions, but does not state that he was suspended from school or prohibited from attending the meet.

A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a high school meet was convicted of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 35 years in prison in a trial that drew attention far beyond the booming Dallas suburb where they were students. ... A jury rejected Karmelo Anthony's claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in stadium bleachers last year.

Police in Frisco, Texas have charged a 17-year-old high school student, Karmelo Anthony, with murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf during a track meet in the Dallas area. Anthony, reported to have a 3.7 GPA nearing the end of the 2025 school year, was released on a $250,000 bond and placed under house arrest. He was allowed to graduate through an agreement made between advocates and the Frisco Independent School District. The report does not mention any suspension from school prior to the incident.

NBC 5 reports that 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, charged in the fatal April 2 stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf during a Frisco track meet, "has met all academic requirements" and, under an agreement with Frisco ISD, "will not attend any senior graduation activities but will receive his high school diploma without needing to complete the final month and a half of the school year."[1] The article does not state that he was suspended from school; instead it notes that his academic achievements "will not be disrupted" and that his graduation was arranged via discussions between his family, legal team, NGAN, and Frisco ISD.[1]

Karmelo Anthony was serving a school suspension at the time of the fatal stabbing. Trial testimonies and court records revealed that he had been ...

Anthony, 17, is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a UIL track meet in Frisco on April 2. Police said a student from Centennial High School in Frisco, then 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, stabbed Metcalf in the chest during a fight. The piece details his bond reduction, house arrest terms, and his status as a Centennial High School student, but does not report that he was suspended from school or barred from the meet.

The trial deeply divided the community outside Dallas. ... After deliberating for less than 3 hours, the jury found the 19-year-old Carmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.

Karmelo Anthony, a Centennial High School senior, member of the varsity track and football teams, woke up on the morning of April 2, 2025, and went to the Frisco ISD track meet where the fatal confrontation occurred. The NBC 5 investigation reconstructs the events of the day and Anthony’s movements at the meet, but does not state that he had been suspended from Frisco Centennial High School or officially prohibited from attending.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, faces a murder charge in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, 17, during an April 2 track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Anthony, a student at Centennial High School, was sitting under the Memorial High School team tent when Metcalf, a Memorial student, reportedly told him to leave. Investigators found no evidence the two young men knew each other prior to the incident.

CBS News Texas reports that Frisco police said an altercation at a Frisco ISD track meet on April 2 resulted in one student stabbing another, and that "The suspect, 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, is in police custody and has been charged with murder."[6] The story describes the incident, the suspension of the track meet, and the investigation, but it does not mention any school suspension or disciplinary action such as expulsion or barring him from attending the meet prior to the stabbing.[6]

FOX 4 Dallas reports on the upcoming jury selection in the case of Karmelo Anthony, charged with murder in the 2025 stabbing death of Frisco student-athlete Austin Metcalf at a district track meet at Kuykendall Stadium.[4] The article notes that Anthony, also 17 at the time, "was sitting under a team tent for a school he did not attend" and describes his bond and lack of prior criminal record, but it does not state that he had been suspended from school or barred from the event beforehand.[4]

An April 4, 2025, police report revealed that Anthony admitted to the stabbing, claiming it was in self-defense. Witnesses reported that Anthony approached Metcalf and others sitting under the tent, and after a tense exchange where Metcalf told Anthony to leave and allegedly threatened him, Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf in the chest before fleeing. The Frisco Independent School District released the following statement after Karmelo Anthony was found guilty on Tuesday: "Our community has carried the weight of this tragedy for more than a year, and our thoughts remain with the impacted families, friends and classmates. We respect the judicial process and will continue to support our students with compassion and care."

WFAA’s timeline of the Frisco track meet stabbing case notes that on May 13, 2025, advocacy group Next Generation Action Network said Karmelo Anthony would receive his high school diploma after an agreement with Frisco ISD.[8] The timeline outlines key dates from the April 2, 2025 track meet stabbing through later legal developments, but it does not report that Anthony was ever suspended from school; instead it focuses on the criminal case and the graduation arrangement.[8]

Just one day after a jury sentenced Karmelo Anthony to 35 years in prison for the murder of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet, Anthony has filed a notice of appeal. The stabbing happened during a Frisco ISD track meet at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2, 2025, where Metcalf, 17, was a student-athlete at Memorial High School. Frisco ISD declined to comment on Anthony’s appeal but reiterated its earlier statement expressing condolences to the families and support for students; the district has not publicly addressed online claims that Anthony was suspended from school at the time of the track meet.

The Frisco Independent School District has been subpoenaed to provide the names of students who were present during the deadly stabbing at a track meet at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2, a spokesperson confirmed with CBS News Texas. Typically, schools cannot release this type of information because of privacy laws, but because this is a criminal investigation, the school district is required to comply. The report describes the subpoena for student records and contact information; it does not state that Karmelo Anthony was suspended from school or prohibited from attending the meet, and Frisco ISD has not publicly confirmed any such suspension.

A Dallas Morning News Facebook post states that "Frisco ISD has received a subpoena requesting it provide a list of students who were present during the stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2, 2025" and notes that "Karmelo Anthony, who is now 18 years old, has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge."[7] The post focuses on the subpoena and indictment and does not reference any suspension from school or prior disciplinary measures involving Anthony.[7]

The murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to fatally stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet on April 2, 2025, has been found guilty of murder. In the comments under the NBCDFW post, user Christy Denise Smith wrote: "Anthony was never suspended, the school already confirmed he wasn't and was scheduled to participate in this meeting." This comment claims that the school confirmed he was not suspended, but it appears as a Facebook comment, not as an official school statement.

A PDF copy of the Karmelo Anthony arrest report hosted by Fox News describes the April 2, 2025 incident, stating that an "adult male was taken into custody following a stabbing call on FISD property" and provides narrative details about the offense and arrest.[9] The report documents the criminal incident and custody status but contains no mention that Anthony had been suspended from school prior to the track meet or that his presence there violated a school suspension.[9]

Karmelo Anthony, a Centennial High School student, was convicted of stabbing Austin Metcalf to death during a confrontation in the bleachers at a Frisco track meet in April 2025. Anthony claimed self-defense, but a jury rejected the argument after an eight-day trial. The post provides trial outcome and background but does not mention any school suspension or disciplinary status prior to the incident.

According to news reports and trial coverage widely cited in 2025, Karmelo Anthony was a Centennial High School senior and varsity athlete who attended the April 2, 2025 track meet as part of his school’s team. He was later placed on house arrest as a bond condition after being charged, but there is no widely reported, documented statement from Frisco ISD or court records confirming that he had been formally suspended from school before the meet.

"He didn't go back to school after April 2," Jeff Metcalf said of Karmelo Anthony, who killed his son Austin during a Frisco track meet. He told Fox News Digital that Anthony should not have been allowed to graduate based on attendance as he says the killer never returned to school following the stabbing. TMZ reported, "Jeff argued that Karmelo shouldn't have been able to graduate because he says the school handbook allegedly declares murder to be grounds for 'mandatory expulsion.'" Fox News Digital has reached out to Waldrip and Frisco ISD for comment on Metcalf's claims, which the district has not publicly confirmed.

The Frisco Independent School District has released a statement following the guilty verdict in #KarmeloAnthony’s case. Following the verdict, Judge Roach informed Anthony that his bond had been revoked and ordered him into the custody of the Collin County Sheriff’s Office. The shared statement addresses the verdict and sentencing; it does not discuss any earlier suspension from school or his eligibility to attend the track meet.

Karmelo Anthony alleged suspension from school for having a knife has never been verified. Because I've seen the claim repeated online, but I have not seen verified evidence that Karmelo was suspended or barred from attending that track meet. The post asks, "What evidence confirms Karmelo's suspension from school?" and notes that local reporting by Ms. Amelia Mugavero of a CBS affiliate in Frisco has not substantiated the suspension claim, highlighting the absence of official documentation or school statements.

One commenter writes: "Don't forget the part where his school suspended him and told him not to come to the meet." Another adds, "Yeah I read somewhere last night that he had been kicked out of sporting events and school because he had a knife on their school grounds." A different commenter responds that "his coach testified, that Karmelo was supposed to be warming up, stretching, etc, when he went to the opposing team's tent. So, he knew he was there." These Facebook comments assert, without citing official documents, that Anthony had been suspended and told not to come, while others reference trial testimony suggesting his coach expected him to participate.

Karmelo was suspended before for bringing a knife to school. The claim about the suspension seems to have been debunked recently, but it’s possible he faced suspension a few weeks prior. The Reddit discussion notes "There have been past incidents involving a knife at school," and acknowledges that some rumors, including the suspension narrative, are circulating without clear verification; participants reference but do not provide any official Frisco ISD documentation.

He was a student at Centennial High School, and according to trial testimony, he was already suspended and prohibited from attending or participating in the April 2, 2025 track meet. The Reddit post argues that this is why he went to the opposing school’s tent instead of his own, but it does not link to official court records or school documents, and appears to rely on secondhand descriptions of testimony.

"Karmelo was serving an active suspension and was legally prohibited from being on school property. Again a quick search shows that." one commenter wrote under a FOX 4 post about the trial. Another comment asserts, "From what I understand Karmelo was on suspension for carrying a knife to school before this incident." These are user comments on a news station’s Facebook post and do not represent verified reporting or an official Frisco ISD statement about Anthony’s disciplinary status.

"You realize Karmelo Anthony was literally Skipping school that day and wasn't even supposed to be there either and it had had been suspended for bringing a knife to school," a Threads user wrote. The post repeats the online claim that Anthony was suspended and not allowed to be at the track meet, but it provides no documentation, school records, or citation. This is a social-media assertion, not an official statement from Frisco ISD or law enforcement.