A confrontation at a high school track meet in Texas left one teen dead and another facing a murder charge. And as the investigation into what led up to the tragic event continues, some members of the community are rallying around the 17-year-old suspect.
A Deadly Confrontation Leads to a Call of Self-Defense
According to a post on X, Frisco, Texas, police say they arrived on the scene at the David Kuykendall Stadium around 10:00 am on April 2. They were responding to calls of “an altercation between two students which resulted in one stabbing the other.”
Witnesses told police that 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, who is white, got into a disagreement with 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, who is Black, after he asked Anthony to remove himself from a tent that was set up for athletes from Metcalf’s school, PEOPLE reported.
Bystanders said they heard Anthony telling Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens.” When the confrontation got…