Online Fundraiser for Texas Track Meet Stabbing Suspect Nears $150K

An online fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony, the Texas high school student accused of stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Frisco, Texas, track meet last week, is nearing $150,000 in total donations.

“The narrative being spread is false, unjust, and harmful,” the Anthony family said in a statement on the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. {snip}

The fund, called the Help Karmelo Official Fund, was set up to support “Karmelo and his family during this challenging and difficult time.”

The total amount raised is $144,873, and the fundraising goal has been set at $200,000.

The boys were competing in the state’s University Interscholasic League’s District 11-5A championship meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco when an altercation between them turned deadly.

Anthony has been charged with first-degree murder stemming from the deadly altercation between the boys. He claims he was acting in self-defense.

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Anthony told police he did stab Metcalf but says that Metcalf put his hands on him first, according to FOX 4. Anthony also reportedly asked police whether what he did could be considered self-defense.

The latest comments from donors on the GiveSendGo platform expressed support for Anthony.

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{snip} “Let your legal be the fight one of the many victories in this seemingly eternal fight against racism and evil.”