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McKINNEY, Texas - Karmelo Anthony's lawyer blamed his alleged murder victim Austin Metcalf for the fatal run-in at a track and field meet in Texas last year as Anthony stuck to his long-shot self-defense argument.

Anthony, 19, is accused of stabbing Metcalf after the 17-year-old victim asked Anthony to leave his team's tent inside a Frisco stadium where their rival teams were competing on April 2, 2025.

3 Karmelo Anthony's lawyer blamed his alleged murder victim Austin Metcalf for the fatal run-in at a track and field meet in Texas last year as Anthony stuck to his long-shot self-defense argument. Frisco Police Department

3 Anthony, 19, is accused of stabbing Metcalf after the 17-year-old victim asked Anthony to leave his team's tent inside a Frisco stadium where their rival teams were competing in April 2025. Family Handout

 Austin Metcalf had no legal right to use force to eject Karmelo Anthony from that tent,  Anthony's lawyer, Mike Howard, said during closing arguments at the Collin County trial as Anthony looked on intently.

 He had the right to ask him to leave, but he didn't have any legal right to use force,  Howard said, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

3 Anthony faces up to life in prison if he's convicted of first-degree murder. He's pleaded not guilty. AP

Howard said Anthony  had an absolute right to defend himself. If you wait until it's too late to defend yourself, it's meaningless. 

Here's the latest on Karmelo Anthony's murder trial following the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf

A friend of the Metcalf family mouthed  What is this?  as she looked on from the McKinney courtroom gallery, shaking her head.

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Before the closings began Tuesday morning, Anthony's family members formed a circle and held hands as they pr

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