Frisco track meet stabbing: No Black jurors selected for Karmelo Anthony murder trial

Potential jurors returned to Collin County on Wednesday as the high-profile Karmelo Anthony murder trial begins to take shape.Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet. Police said Anthony and Metcalf got into an argument over seating in the stands, which escalated when Anthony stabbed Metcalf in the chest with a pocketknife.Jury SeatedAfter meeting with the attorneys on Wednesday afternoon, Judge John Roach excused the first 150 jurors.During the second round of strikes, the defense raised an issue over three potential jurors that the prosecution chose to strike. The defense argued that they were Black females and "similarly situated" as another white female that the prosecution did not strike.Prosecutors clarified that the three women were struck for a non-racial reason. All three listed their occupations as educators, and it seems the prosecution does not want educators on the jury because the alleged