The horrific high school stabbing incident that saw a track star die in his twin’s arms was recorded on surveillance footage.
Austin Metcalf, a Memorial High School junior, was fatally stabbed at a Texas track meet during a confrontation with Karmelo Anthony who has now been charged with murder.
The devastating incident on April 2 was recorded on a wide angle camera, capturing a distant view of Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco where the fatal ordeal unraveled.
A tiny portion of the clash could be seen in the upper left hand corner of the screen, according to WFAA who was granted limited access to the footage.
The video reportedly showed the Memorial High School pop-up tent for the track meet, the area Anthony was accused of barging into before he allegedly pulled a knife out of his bag and stabbed Metcalf.
Metcalf and Anthony, then a senior at rival Centennial High School, were not identifiable in the video provided by the school district, WFAA reported.
At 9:55am, a sudden movement was seen at the tent on the bleachers, but the alleged stabbing was not visible, according to the outlet.
There was movement outside the tent but it was all heavily pixelated, showing figures at the top of the bleachers. Some of them were positioned just above the tent and others were just below.
Shortly after the sudden movement, several people, likely students, were seen running from the area. Others on the field reacted by moving toward a back gate.
Paramedics arrived at the scene about nine minutes after the stabbing, entering through the same back gate and parking on the middle of the field.
It’s been previously reported that Metcalf’s twin brother Hunter was with him and held him as he was bleeding out under the tent.
On the video, paramedics were seen wheeling a gurney to the bottom of the bleachers to begin their attempt to save Metcalf’s life.
About 15 minutes after the incident, a tarp was raised over the bleachers and rain was beginning to fall heavily at this time.
About 26 minutes after the stabbing took place, emergency medical services left and were replaced with people believed to be law enforcement setting up a crime scene.
The surveillance footage is expected to be a key piece of evidence for the grand jury, which will decide by late June whether Anthony’s murder charge should be upheld.
Anthony’s attorney, Mike Howard, confirmed to WFAA that he’s seen this video, but neither the victim’s family or the suspect’s family have disclosed whether they’ve seen it.
Metcalf and Anthony were two track athletes from opposing schools, and they both attended the April 2 sporting event.
Witnesses told police that Anthony for some reason migrated over to the Memorial High School pop-up tent, according to an arrest affidavit. When he was told to leave by Metcalf, that’s when things went bad.
Anthony unzipped his bag and reached in, telling Metcalf: ‘Touch me and see what happens,’ a witness told police.
The affidavit says Metcalf then ‘grabbed Anthony to tell him to move and Anthony pulled out… a black knife and stabbed Austin once in the chest.’
Anthony is accused of fleeing the scene and tossing the knife into the bleachers.
He was arrested shortly after. Responding officers said Anthony told them he was ‘protecting myself’ and that Metcalf had ‘put his hands on me.’
Anthony also told officers, ‘I’m not the alleged, I did it,’ according to the affidavit.
Anthony is under house arrest and is currently wearing an ankle monitor as he awaits the next developments in the case against him.
The horrific killing at the track meet has divided the community and nation at large, with Anthony’s family claiming they have been left too afraid to leave their home over racist attacks.
Meanwhile, others are outraged that Anthony’s family has been able to raise upwards of $535,000 on crowd-funding site GiveSendGo to support his legal defense.
That money also went toward paying the rent for a $900,000 home in a luxury gated community in Frisco.
‘While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses,’ Anthony’s mom, Kala Hayes, who administers the GoFundMe account posted.
‘The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures.’
Anthony is under house arrest is after a judge controversially lowered his bond from $1 million to $250,000.
His family has claimed that none of the money they raised went to posting Anthony’s bond, which he did on April 7, allowing him to walk free.