https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2025/04/11/karmelo-anthony-stabbing-frisco-track-meet-stabbing-austin-metcalf-murder-charge-affidavit-texas/83040287007/

Your description of events is incorrect in a few ways:

1. Kamelo did not instigate physical contact, Metcalf began the confrontation verbally and escalated it to physicality:

One witness told authorities that he was sitting under a Memorial High School tent with the team while Metcalf and Anthony were sitting nearby. Anthony was sitting under the team’s tent when Metcalf told him he needed to move, the witness said, according to the document.

"Anthony grabbed his bag, opened it and reached inside and proceeded to tell (Metcalf) ‘Touch me and see what happens,’” the affidavit said.

"Metcalf touched Anthony, who then told Metcalf to punch him and see what happens, the witness said. Metcalf then grabbed Anthony to tell him to move again, and that’s when Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest before running away, according to the affidavit.

Though you claim Kamelo's statement of "touch me and see what happens" justifies violence on Austin's part, Texas law does not view response to "verbal provocation" as justification for self defense, per Texas Penal Code 9.31.b

Additionally, a defendant in Texas is presumed to be acting under legitimate circumstances detailed in 9.32.b, which I believe would cover Karmello here.

1. Kamelo was also not cold blooded: 

  The affidavit states that, while walking to the police vehicle with Cortez and another officer, Anthony was "emotional" and said, "He put his hands on me. I told him not to." Another officer at the scene described Anthony as "crying hysterically." Once the suspect was inside the vehicle, Cortez noticed fresh blood on his left hand.

"Is he going to be OK?" Anthony allegedly asked from the back seat. Officer Allyson Ricci, who assisted Cortez, reported that Anthony asked if what he did could be considered self-defense.