- Closing statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony, 19, who is accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old fellow student athlete during a confrontation at a high school track meet in Frisco last year.
- Prosecutors argue Austin Metcalf’s stabbing was an unjustified act of violence, while Anthony's defense team maintains he acted in self-defense after Metcalf allegedly pushed him under a team tent.
- Witnesses testified that Anthony was the aggressor, warning Metcalf “Touch me and see what happens” before the fatal stabbing, and that Anthony was in distress afterward.
- Anthony chose not to testify during the nearly week-long trial, where a coach also testified that Anthony admitted to stabbing someone who “put his hands on me.”
- As jurors prepare for closing arguments, they must decide if the deadly encounter was murder or self-defense, with a conviction potentially leading to life in prison.
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