A teen athlete from Texas named Austin Metcalf was killed this week when a rival stabbed him in the heart, reportedly for sitting in the wrong seat at a track event. What an absolute waste.
This poor kid had his whole life ahead of him.
The New York Post reports:
Texas high school football star Austin Metcalf stabbed in the heart, left to die in twin brother’s arms at track meet: dadA Texas high school football star was stabbed in the heart and died in the arms of his twin brother after a fight over a seat at a track meet, his heartbroken family says.Austin Metcalf was attending a track and field championship between other area schools at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, when the fatal attack happened on April 2.Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School outside Dallas, was in his team’s tent when a fight broke out between the teen and 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, cops say.Anthony, a 17-year-old senior at Centennial High School just five miles away, was allegedly told he was sitting in the wrong seat. He then allegedly drew a knife and pierced Metcalf through the heart, the dead teen’s father Jeff Metcalf told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.Hunter, who was born 2 minutes after Austin, rushed to aid his brother but couldn’t save him.“I tried to whip around as fast as I could,” an emotional Hunter Metcalf told WFAA. “I looked at my brother and I’m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.”
Austin’s mother and brother appeared on FOX News yesterday. It’s impossible to imagine their pain.
Austin posted the following message on Twitter/X just days ago.
According to NBC 5 in Dallas, the suspect in the case admitted his guilt to police:
Suspect in fatal stabbing during Frisco high school track meet: ‘I did it’NBC 5 obtained new information on Wednesday’s fatal stabbing during a high school track meet in Frisco.The attack claimed the life of Austin Metcalf, 17, of Frisco.Jeff Metcalf, the victim’s father, told NBC 5 on Wednesday that his son was stabbed in the heart and died in his twin brother’s arms.An arrest warrant details the moment officers arrived on scene and what witnesses say happened leading up to the deadly confrontation.According to one of the responding officers, the suspect, Karmelo Anthony, 17, admitted to stabbing Austin Metcalf, 17, claiming self-defense.When an officer referred to Anthony as the alleged suspect, Anthony reportedly responded, “I’m not alleged, I did it.”
More details will probably come out about this incident in the coming months but none of that is going to help the family of the victim. What a pointless and tragic loss.
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