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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jamie Stengle

Defense tries to buttress self-defense claim in Texas trial over teen athlete's killing

Track Meet Student Killed - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet called more witnesses Monday to try to support a claim of self-defense as a trial entered a second week.

Karmelo Anthony, now 19, is charged with murder in the death of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a school stadium in Frisco, a Dallas suburb, in April 2025.

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