Karmelo Anthony’s legal team is seeking a new trial, but those efforts may have run into a buzzsaw.
The black teen was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, an unarmed white high school student, during a confrontation in the bleachers of a high school stadium near Dallas.
The jury rejected Anthony’s claim of self-defense after Metcalf allegedly pushed him, and bombshell texts revealed in court this week suggest that Anthony was allegedly “spoiling for a fight” the day he killed the 17-year-old at a Frisco high school track meet, according to the Daily Mail.
The texts show that Anthony appeared to be fantasizing about violence, threatening to put “bullets…coming out of ur chest,” and declaring, “When I stab somebody I’m gonna lick their blood off the blade.”
Two hours before he fatally stabbed Metcalf in the heart, Anthony reportedly texted, “I’m lowkey on the verge.” The term means being right at a boundary line, about to cross over into an action or event.
🚨 UPDATE: The Karmelo Anthony legal team is IN SHAMBLES after bombshell texts came out that he fantasized about m*rder before killing Austin Metcalf
“How many bullets u want coming out of ur chest?”
“When I st*b somebody I’m gonna lick their blood off the blade”
2 hours… pic.twitter.com/dWrcOupaHH
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 21, 2026
There’s also a report that Anthony’s girlfriend told school officials that she broke up with him the morning of the stabbing, claiming that he was stalking her and that she was afraid of him.
Collin County prosecutor Bill Wirskye said Anthony had a history of violence and wanted to stab someone.
“There is a text message where he fantasizes about stabbing someone and licking the blood off the blade,” Wirkskye said, adding that Anthony was obsessed with starting fights, and had previously been taken to a special program at LSU for kids who can’t keep their hands to themselves.
KARMELO ANTHONY BOMBSHELL:
Karmelo Anthony’s girlfriend, Valeria, went to the school the morning of the Austin Metcalf stabbing, April 2, 2025, and told school officials she had broken up with Anthony and he was stalking her. One hour later, Austin was dead at the track meet,…— MaryAnn Martinez (@MaryAnnreports) August 20, 2026
Somehow, social media users were not shocked by the latest developments — here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Karmelo Anthony cried, “He put his hands on me. I told him not to. He put his hands on me.”
Meanwhile he premeditated this whole f*cking thing.pic.twitter.com/5ShMHhroLW
— Anthony Galli (@AnthonyGalli) August 21, 2026
You know the defense’s case was a joke when the prosecution willingly omitted those texts from the trial with the knowledge that the witnesses, videos, and forensics were more than enough to put his ass away.
— AdamInHTownTX (@AdamInHTownTX) August 21, 2026
The social rule that has developed, especially in the black community and its progressive patrons, is that no black person can ever be found guilty of any offense, no matter how heinous and even if he admits it, because racism. Given these recent proofs of Karmelo Anthony’s…
— Jim Bond (@JimBond6) August 21, 2026
That would be the ultimate irony: the little shitbag demanding a getting a new trial, only to receive the death penalty this time around.
— Tom McCarthy (@ishmael0464) August 21, 2026
Uh oh. The defense is now going to have to release 20 pictures of Karmelo in 2nd grade to prove he’s innocent.
— Sir Osis (@EvanKaze) August 20, 2026
HOLD UP!! You’re telling me the person who murdered Austin in cold blood for no reason has a history of violence and wanted to stab someone? Geez, let me show you my shocked face….:/
— OniDog (@OniDog22) August 20, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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