The jury that convicted Karmelo Anthony of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf never saw the full picture prosecutors had assembled of the teenager sitting at the defense table.
That’s because of a backroom deal. Now, we can see exactly why they kept these stunning documents from the jurors.
A stunning 75-page prosecution filing released through an open-records request lays out a sprawling collection of alleged threats, assaults, weapons incidents, violent messages and other misconduct attributed to Anthony in the months and years before he plunged a knife into Metcalf’s chest at a Texas high school track meet on April 2, 2025.
The court filings, formally titled the state’s “Notice of Intent to Use Extraneous Offenses,” were obtained from Collin County and released in redacted form this week by Texas activist Sarah Fields.
Fox News, the New York Post and the Daily Mail have since reported extensively on its contents.
And what is contained in those 75 pages is startling. According to prosecutors, Anthony repeatedly threatened people with shootings, discussed robberies, was accused of assaulting his girlfriend, talked about bringing weapons to school and appeared in photographs and videos holding firearms.
One video cited by prosecutors allegedly shows Anthony pointing what appears to be a gun toward a house before running away. There are also messages attributed to Anthony describing what happened when he became angry.
• “When I get mad i see red.”
• “When I get mad i blackout.”