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Stone-faced, the youngster who was accused of stabbing another student at a high school track competition was released from custody.
After a judge reduced the bail amount from $1 million to $250,000, 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony posted bond on Monday.
When Anthony was questioned about his accused victim, Austin Metcalf, 17, who passed away in his twin brother’s arms after the brawl on April 2, he remained unyielding.
Wearing a gray suit jacket and a black collared shirt, Anthony stepped out of Collin County Jail on Monday afternoon, ignoring the pandemonium around him and heading straight for the waiting automobile.
“Karmelo, why were you armed at school?” he was asked during the short walk, in video shared by Fox 4. “Explain your self defense. How was this self defence?” The reporter proceeded to follow Anthony and his entourage in lockstep.
“Karmelo, do you have anything you’d like to say to the victim? To the family of the victim?”
The 17-year-old was charged with first-degree murder for the death of Metcalf, who was stabbed in the heart during an interschool track meet, and he made his court appearance on Monday.
Since the alleged crime, he has received an overwhelming amount of support, raising over $415,000.
His family countered that the money was needed to pay for his legal defense, move, and hire security in order to avoid the terrifying death threats they had received during the widely reported case.
Prosecutors had questioned his father, Andrew Anthony, at the hearing about why he was unable to utilize the more than $415,000 in donated funds for his son’s defense to cover the $1 million bond, which had been lowered to $250,000.
The family’s plans to spend the money were made public after a spokesman claimed they were unable to leave their house because their address had been posted online.
According to an arrest complaint, NBC DFW claimed that Metcalf told Anthony he was sitting under a pop-up tent belonging to another team and ordered him to move, which sparked an altercation between the two elite football players.
The two students from opposing high schools began fighting before Karmelo unzipped his bag and reached in, telling Austin, “Touch me and see what happens.”
The report says Austin then “grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out … a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.”
