The 17-year-old suspect accused of stabbing another teen to death at a Texas high school track meet allegedly confessed to a police officer shortly after the deadly attack.
Authorities have charged Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School, with murder after he allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, to death on Wednesday morning over a seating dispute.
A school resource officer was the first to arrive at the scene and comfort Anthony, according to an arrest report obtained by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth.
« I gave the suspect instructions to keep his hands up in the air. During this time, the suspect said verbally out loud, ‘I was protecting myself,’ » the report from the responding resource officer states.
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The suspect also allegedly told the officer that Metcalf « put his hands on » him.
When the officer told some others that he had the alleged stabbing suspect in custody, Anthony apparently said, « I’m not alleged. I did it, » according to the arrest report obtained by FOX 4.
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« He put his hands on me. I told him not to, » Anthony allegedly said as authorities walked the teenager to a police vehicle.
Anthony also asked the officers if Metcalf was « going to be okay » and asked if what happened could be considered « self-defense, » FOX 4 reported, citing the police document.
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter, who spoke on « The Will Cain Show » Wednesday alongside his grieving mother, Meghan, recalled the moment he saw his brother with a wound to his chest after the altercation with Anthony.
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« I whipped my head around, and then all of a sudden I see him running down the bleachers just grabbing his chest… I put my hand on there, tried to make [the bleeding] stop, and I grabbed his head and I looked in his eyes. I just saw his soul leave, and it took my soul, too, » Hunter said.
Anthony is being held in a Collin County jail on $1 million bail.
Fox News’ Madeliene Coggins contributed to this report.
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