Austin Metcalf’s final words as he lay dying were revealed Thursday in the highly charged murder case against Texas teen Karmelo Anthony — who brazenly admitted to the fatal stabbing as he was handcuffed, prosecutors said.

“I’ve been stabbed,” Metcalf said after seeing he was wounded, prosecutor Bill Wirskye told jurors during opening statements in the Frisco case.

The 17-year-old victim then stumbled down a few rows of bleacher seating as his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, went to his side — with the wounded sibling bleeding to death in Hunter’s arms, according to the Daily Mail.

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Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed.Meghan Prall Metcalf/Facebook

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Karmelo Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf.Collin County
And when a police officer arresting Anthony shortly after called him an “alleged suspect,” the accused killer admitted: “I’m not alleged, I did it.”

The 19-year-old murder suspect — who has been out on bail since the April 2, 2025, incident — attended the Collin County trial in McKinney wearing a gray suit over a purple shirt and sporting a freshly shaved face and a short, cropped coif.

A jury of 18, including six alternates and no black panelists, will be deciding Anthony’s fate. And after openings wrapped up, the group was shown surveillance footage of the slaying and the failed attempts to keep Austin alive.

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Poilce were called after a fight turned deadly at David Kuykendall Stadium.Fox4
Wirskye claimed Austin — a student at Frisco Memorial High School — who was stepping up to help his coach lead the track and field meet that day, asked Anthony, of Frisco Centennial High School, to leave his team’s tent at the Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

“Touch me see what happens,” Anthony replied to Austin, the prosecutor claimed, according to local outlet NBC 5.

Initially, Austin didn’t want to get into a fight — “until [he] took the bait,” Wirskye claimed.

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Austin Metcalf with his twin brother, Hunter.Jeff Metcalf / Facebook
Anthony took a folding knife out of a bag and thrust it into the chest of Austin, who at first “didn’t even know he was stabbed,” Wirskye claimed.

When Hunter got to his brother, he lifted his shirt and the twins “see a gaping hole in his chest,” the prosecutor told the jurors.

Meanwhile, Anthony ditched the knife and tried to run, but didn’t even make it out of the stadium before coaches stopped him. The alleged assailant told the coaches that Austin started the altercation.

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Karmelo Anthony with Minister Dominique Alexander.@niquealex/Instagram
“As if it justifies the murder he just committed,” Wirskye alleged.

Anthony attempted to slip out of the stadium unnoticed by grouping himself with other students who were running out in a panic, the prosecutor claimed.

“If you’re scared and running away in self-defense, why toss the knife?” the prosecutor posed to the jury, the Mail reported.

Earlier, Wirskye said the case “has nothing to do with race” and that it was about Anthony’s “surprise attack” on Austin.

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Karmelo Anthony is standing trial for the alleged murder of Austin Metcalf.Frisco Police Department
“That’s why we are here, no other reason,” the prosecutor said before adding it was a “senseless” crime.

Mike Howard, Anthony’s defense attorney, who referred to his client as “Melo,” in his own opening statements told jurors that a hulking Austin initiated the confrontation after a much smaller Anthony went under Austin’s team tent to get out of the rain.

“What’s important to know is Melo is 5 foot 8 and 140 pounds. Hunter and Austin Metcalf are 6 foot 1 about 80 pounds heavier than Melo,” Howard claimed.

Howard said his client — then 17 — “remained seated, even when Austin and Hunter stood up.”

“It is uncontroverted that Austin makes the first physical contact. Austin grabs, punches, pushes. In that split second, Melo has a decision to make — how and when to act,” the defense attorney said.

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Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed during at high school track and field meet in Frisco, Texas, on April 2, 2025.@Jeff Metcalf/Facebook
“Melo defended himself with that knife,” Howard said. “He ran, he didn’t stab again, he dropped the knife, he didn’t stab anyone else.”

Earlier, Howard described Anthony as a stand-up student from a respectable family who was working two jobs, playing sports and all while maintaining a relationship with his girlfriend.

The first witness to take the stand was a forensic video analyst, Mark Porter, who was asked questions about the surveillance footage of the incident as the jury was shown clips.

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Karmelo Anthony walks free on $250K bond under house arrest in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf.FOX 4 NEWS
Anthony — who pleaded not guilty — has been on house arrest with GPS tracking. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

The trial is expected to last roughly two weeks.

SOURCE: https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/us-news/austin-metcalfs-final-words-revealed-in-fatal-stabbing-at-texas-track-meet/