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03-06-2025
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14-05-2025
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Suspected Austin Metcalf killer allowed to graduate from high school despite murder charge: report
The teenager suspected of killing high school track star Austin Metcalf will be allowed to graduate from his Frisco, Texas, high school despite being charged with first-degree murder, according to a report. Karmelo Anthony will graduate from Centennial High School, part of the Frisco Independent School District, according to WFAA. Students from that high school are set to graduate on May 22. Anthony will not be part of the graduation ceremony, according to the report. "We are proud to share that Karmelo Anthony will graduate and receive his high school diploma, and that his academic achievements will not be disrupted," Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) President Dominique Alexander, a spokesman for Anthony's family, reportedly said. "NGAN has worked diligently alongside the Anthony family's legal team to bring about this fair and student-focused resolution," he said. "This is a moment of dignity for Karmelo and a reminder of the power of advocacy done right." Suspect In Austin Metcalf Killing Moved To 'Undisclosed Location' For Protection: Family Spokesman Read On The Fox News App Frisco ISD Superintendent Mike Waldrip addressed what he said were false rumors that Anthony would be able to attend the graduation ceremony. "Frisco ISD has learned that misinformation is being shared regarding Centennial High School's graduation via several media outlets and perpetuated through social media," he told WFAA. "It is disheartening that the incredible accomplishments and achievements of our Centennial seniors may be dampened by needless fearmongering, attention-seeking and media vitriol. Our students, staff and community deserve better. "I want to be clear. No student who commits a serious criminal offense (Title V felony) is permitted to participate in the graduation ceremony. Additionally, anyone who trespasses on Frisco ISD property or at a District event will be subject to immediate removal and possible arrest by law enforcement," he said, adding that the school district does not condone violence. "We work to ensure every student is safe to learn and feels part of our culture of respect, honor and integrity," he said. "Let's come together as a community to honor and support our students and staff. This moment is about their success, and they deserve our full attention and encouragement. Congratulations to the Centennial Class of 2025!" Anthony, now 18, is accused of stabbing and killing Metcalf over a dispute regarding Anthony's presence in the Memorial High School tent at the April 2 track meet. Accused Austin Metcalf Killer Won't Face Death Penalty Or Life Without Parole: Da He and his supporters claim that he acted in self-defense, and that Metcalf pushed him out of the tent. That claim is tenuous, according to Julie Rendelman, a former homicide prosecutor from New York who now runs a private criminal defense firm. "If the evidence is what it is right now, I think he's going to have an uphill battle claiming self-defense," she previously told Fox News Digital. "If the scenario is… that the victim told [Anthony] to leave, and then in some way physically touched him without more, then I'm not comfortable – I don't believe that a self-defense claim will work." Meanwhile, Alexander has compared Anthony to figures like Kyle Rittenhouse and Daniel Penny, who have won self-defense cases in criminal court. "Nobody in the public media has one video, but we got the video of Kyle Rittenhouse with an AK-47 shooting three people in the back," he said in a chaotic April 17 news conference before which Jeff Metcalf, Austin's father, was escorted off the property. "We got that, and he raised more than $2 million publicly, and nobody said anything about that." Texas Track Meet Stabbing Suspect Told Responding Officer He 'Did It': Docs He also called Anthony's detractors bigots, in what has become a racially charged public discussion. "Because these racist bigots try to prevent us from standing up for our baby, our boy, he should be afforded the same rights that Kyle Rittenhouse had, Daniel Penny and all the people who have claimed whatever their defense was. He should be afforded the same right," Alexander said. "What [Jeff Metcalf] has felled [sic] into is the political operatives that want to make this thing a political thing of hate and yet bigotry and yet racism," he said of Austin's father. "We have conservative operatives that have been posting nonstop about this case." NGAN and Frisco ISD declined to comment. Anthony's attorney, Mike Howard, did not return a comment request. Jeff Metcalf did not return a comment article source: Suspected Austin Metcalf killer allowed to graduate from high school despite murder charge: report
CBS News
14-05-2025
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Will Karmelo Anthony be allowed to attend graduation? Here's what Frisco ISD's superintendent says.
The superintendent of Frisco ISD is pushing back against what he called "needless fear-mongering" and "media vitriol" surrounding Centennial High School's graduation ceremony, following rumors that Karmelo Anthony, a student charged in the fatal stabbing of student-athlete Austin Metcalf, would be allowed to graduate. In a letter sent to the Centennial High community Tuesday evening, Superintendent Mike Waldrip criticized what he described as misinformation circulating through news outlets and social media about the upcoming commencement. While the letter did not name the student in question, a Frisco ISD spokesperson shared it in response to inquiries about Anthony, who was arrested in connection with the April stabbing death of 17-year-old Metcalf. "It is disheartening that the incredible accomplishments and achievements of our Centennial seniors may be dampened by needless fear-mongering, attention-seeking, and media vitriol," Waldrip wrote. "Our students, staff, and community deserve better." Earlier on Tuesday, the Dallas-based social justice group Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) claimed in a public statement that Anthony would receive his high school diploma following "multiple discussions" with Frisco ISD leadership. NGAN said Anthony would not participate in any senior activities, but would graduate based on his 3.7 GPA and completion of all required credits. Frisco ISD declined to confirm any individual student information, citing federal privacy laws. However, Waldrip's letter underscored that "no student who commits a serious criminal offense (Title V felony) is permitted to participate in the graduation ceremony." Such felonies include homicide, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Anthony is currently facing a murder charge in the stabbing of Metcalf at a Frisco IS track meet last month.
New York Post
14-05-2025
- New York Post
Texas teen Karmelo Anthony set to graduate from high school while facing Austin Metcalf murder charge — after agreement with school
Suspected teen killer Karmelo Anthony will graduate from his Texas high school despite missing the last month and a half of classes as he faces a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf. Anthony's parents and an activist group vocal in supporting the accused murderer played prominent roles negotiating for the teen to receive his diploma from Frisco's Centennial High School while under house arrest, WFAA reported. Next Generation Action Network, the controversial group backing Anthony's legal troubles, announced the teen's high school achievement after his parents met with officials in the Frisco Independent School District. Advertisement 6 Karmelo Anthony's mugshot released by the Frisco Police Department after the fatal stabbing on April 2, 2025. Frisco Police Department 'We are proud to share that Karmelo Anthony will graduate and receive his high school diploma, and that his academic achievements will not be disrupted,' the group's President Dominique Alexander told the outlet. 'NGAN has worked diligently alongside the Anthony family's legal team to bring about this fair and student-focused resolution. This is a moment of dignity for Karmelo and a reminder of the power of advocacy done right.' Advertisement The school district said it would honor Anthony's credits and previous achievements in the classroom, but he will not be recognized to walk across the stage at the May 22 graduation due to his murder charge. 'No student who commits a serious criminal offense (Title V felony) is permitted to participate in the graduation ceremony. Additionally, anyone who trespasses on Frisco ISD property or at a District event will be subject to immediate removal and possible arrest by law enforcement,' Superintendent Dr. Mike Waldrip wrote in an email to the Centennial High School community, according to WFAA. Anthony's graduation status has been in limbo since his deadly encounter with Metcalf at a high school track and field event on April 2 in Frisco, Texas. 6 Austin Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial High School, was fatally stabbed on April 2, 2025. Meghan Prall Metcalf/Facebook Advertisement 6 Austin Metcalf poses with his twin brother Hunter and their parents after a football game for Memorial High School. Jeff Metcalf / Facebook He is accused of stabbing Metcalf, 17, in the heart at Kuykendall Stadium after a brief altercation between the two teens. Anthony, a Centennial High senior, was allegedly sitting underneath the tent of Memorial High School when Metcalf confronted the uninvited visitor. Anthony threatened the junior to not touch him before digging into his backpack and pulling out a knife, plunging the blade into Metcalf's chest. Advertisement Here is the latest on the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf Police captured Anthony, who later confessed to the stabbing but claimed he did it in self-defense. Metcalf died in his twin brother's arms after the blade pierced his heart. His brother, Hunter Metcalf, said the altercation happened in less than 30 seconds and the siblings didn't know Anthony before the fight, according to WFAA. 6 Karmelo Anthony poses with Dominique Alexander the man behind the Next Generation Action Network after the teen was released from jail on April 14, 2025. @niquealex/Instagram 6 Karmelo Anthony is escorted out of the Collin County Jail after posting the $250,000 bond. FOX 4 NEWS Anthony was charged with first-degree murder. He was originally held in jail on a $1 million bond, which was reduced to $250,000 and released to house arrest on bond. Advertisement The Anthony family moved their son to a $900,000 home inside a gated community after his release from jail. 6 Officials block off the area of the stands where Austin Metcalf was stabbed during a high school track race on Aprl 2, 2025. Fox4 Although Anthony turned 18 on May 11, he will not face the death penalty if convicted because he was 17 when the alleged murder occurred. 'The Supreme Court has said not only can you not seek the death penalty against someone who committed a crime when they're 17, you can't even get them life without parole. That would not be something we could do even if we wanted to,' Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis told WFAA.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Teen 'killer' Karmelo Anthony allowed to GRADUATE from high school while on bail for brutal stabbing
An alleged teen killer accused of stabbing a sporting rival in cold blood has been thrown another bone after being granted bail. Karmelo Anthony has now been told he can graduate from high school, Daily Mail can reveal. Frisco Independent School District's about-face, deciding Anthony, 17, can graduate from Centennial High School despite his first-degree murder charge, was confirmed by his adviser and spokesman Dominque Alexander to The reversal is likely to be controversial. The murder case has become a flashpoint about race and privilege, garnering national attention. Anthony is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf, 17, in the chest after the Memorial High School student confronted Anthony about sitting under the Memorial team tent at a track meet in Frisco, Texas on April 2. Metcalf bleed out in his twin brother's arms. Meanwhile, Anthony, who initially fled the track meet after the stabbing, later told arresting officers "I did it," when he was taken into custody. Now, he is claiming self defense. The confrontation between Anthony and Metcalf stemmed from Anthony sitting under the team tent of a school he did not belong to. When Metcalf, who attended Memorial High School. asked Anthony to move, the murder suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf in the chest 'We are in arrangements of doing an early gradation,' Alexander confirmed. 'They have agreed to allow him to graduate.' However, Frisco ISD had initially expelled Anthony, according to Alexander, after outrage over Metcalf's killing spread like wildfire in the upscale community where both teens attended different schools. 'They were literally trying to expel him— period,' Alexander explained. An expulsion would have automatically meant he would not graduate. Alexander and the teen's parents held what turned out to be an dramatic press conference April 17, where Metcalf's father showed up uninvited and was escorted out by police officers. During the media availability, the Anthonys claimed they were victims of racist death threats and complained Anthony would not be able to complete his high school education. Hours after that press conference, Alexander says the school district sent word that the embattled teen and former football and track star would be allowed to graduate. However, he will not be able to participate in the May 22 graduation ceremony or walk the stage. 'We're not asking for accommodations. We're not asking for him to be part of any activities or anything,' Anthony's fixer said. Anthony's family claimed they were experiencing financial hardship in order to talk a judge into lowering his bond so the 17-year-old could be released from jail in April He went on to claim that Anthony had a 3.7 GPA at the time of the April 2 murder, high enough grades that he could still graduate even without completing any more school work. Frisco ISD declined to comment, citing 'student privacy laws.' However, the move is likely to anger many in the community. Outrage spread after the teen's bond was lowered from $1 million to $250,000, securing Anthony's release from jail. During the bond hearing, Anthony's father testified about their financial hardship since he son became a murder suspect. exclusively reported on the $900,000 home in a gated community the Anthony's were renting while claiming to be poor. 'Not good. Not good. I don't think he should be out. I don't understand why he had a knife? My kids were in track. Your tents, for you school, you don't sit under another school's tent. That is NOT done because everyone leaves their stuff there while they're out on events,' one neighbor told 'Why would you stab someone? And now he's a few doors down. It's very scary. Like could he rob houses? I don't know.' More than half a million dollars have now been donated in support of Karmelo Anthony, a Texas teen accused of stabbing and killing another teen when he was asked to leave a tent he didn't belong in Austin's twin brother Hunter held him in his arms and tried to stop the bleeding after the stabbing April 2 The neighbors told DM they didn't want Anthony living in their exclusive enclave. 'The best thing they can do is move,' another neighbor added. 'I think that would be best for everyone.' Anthony, who is under house arrest, eventually did leave the house in the gated community, claiming that his address had been leaked online and he was no longer safe there. He's now serving out the rest of his house arrest at an undisclosed location. However, the murder suspect enjoys a great deal of support, with a online fundraiser set by his mom collecting over half a million dollars so far. As of Monday afternoon, $528,382 had been donated to the family on the GiveSendGo platform. Memorial High school, where Metcalf would have been graduating from if he were still alive, is scheduled to hold its ceremony May 23.
