Karmelo Anthony seen holding guns, spewing hateful rants in newly revealed documents
A 75-page dossier of guns, racist texts, and escalating violence was kept from jurors by a quiet deal between prosecutors and the defense — and the public is only seeing it now.
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Anthony told his ex-girlfriend, 'I'm low key on the verge,' hours before the stabbing.
Anthony told his ex-girlfriend, 'I'm low key on the verge,' hours before the stabbing.
Hours before the stabbing, Anthony signaled his own dangerous mental state to someone close to him.
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In a separate homophobic rant about gay people in June 2021, Anthony told a friend that “These f—king gay people are f—king everything up.” He said he hated then-president Joe Biden because he’s “Gay ASB [as balls],” according to the document. The text messages also revealed Anthony’s alleged criminal activity and his increasingly violent behavior before the stabbing. In one text from October 2024, he told Perez he “might gt [go to] jail” after claiming he broke into a neighbor’s home and stole a watch. The next month, he bragged to his girlfriend about bringing a gun and knife to school.
Anthony told his ex-girlfriend, 'I'm low key on the verge,' hours before the stabbing. In one text from October 2024, he told
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The evidence was buried under a 'gentleman's agreement' — prosecutors stayed silent on Anthony's past; defense stayed silent on the victim's.
A mutual silence deal kept jurors from seeing Anthony's full history and the victim's background during the murder trial.
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Karmelo Anthony posed with guns and went on racist, violent rants over text messages before he fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf, according to a trove of new documents. The 75-page dossier, obtained by the Daily Mail, offers insight into Anthony’s disturbing past — and was never revealed to jurors during his murder trial as part of a “gentleman’s agreement” between prosecutors and his defense team. Photos show Anthony flashing a handgun in a screenshot of a video he recorded in November 2024, just five months before he killed Metcalf in a tent at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas.
Anthony’s disturbing past — and The evidence was never revealed to jurors during his murder trial as part of buried under a 'gentleman's agreement' between — prosecutors and his stayed silent on Anthony's past; defense stayed silent on the victim's.
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Anthony's girlfriend told a school administrator the morning of the murder that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives — and was stalking her after a breakup.
School staff had explicit warning about Anthony's violent obsessions and stalking on the very morning Metcalf was killed.
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Anthony was convicted and sentenced 35 years in prison — but appealed the conviction and asked for a new trial, which a Texas judge denied. Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye said last month at Anthony’s appeal hearing that Anthony’s girlfriend confided to an assistant principal on the day of the murder, April 2, 2025, that Anthony was stalking her after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives. Anthony also sent a picture of the knife and told his ex-girlfriend, “I’m low key on the verge,” Wirskye said.
Anthony's girlfriend confided to an assistant principal on told a school administrator the day morning of the murder April 2, 2025, that Anthony was stalking her after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives Anthony also sent a picture of the knife — and told was stalking her after a breakup.
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"He was spiraling," the prosecutor said.
The prosecution frames Anthony's documented escalation as a trajectory culminating directly in the killing.
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Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye said last month at Anthony’s appeal hearing that Anthony’s girlfriend confided to an assistant principal on the day of the murder, April 2, 2025, that Anthony was stalking her after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives. Anthony also sent a picture of the knife and told his ex-girlfriend, “I’m low key on the verge,” Wirskye said. “He was spiraling,” the prosecutor added. A few hours later, Anthony stabbed Metcalf to death under a tent at a track meet at a high school.
said. "He was spiraling," the prosecutor said.
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One month before the killing, Anthony bragged to his girlfriend about bringing a gun and a knife to school.
Anthony's weapons-at-school boast shows his violence escalating in the weeks immediately preceding the murder.
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…bic rant about gay people in June 2021, Anthony told a friend that “These f—king gay people are f—king everything up.” He said he hated then-president Joe Biden because he’s “Gay ASB [as balls],” according to the document. The text messages also revealed Anthony’s alleged criminal activity and his increasingly violent behavior before the stabbing. In one text from October 2024, he told Perez he “might gt [go to] jail” after claiming he broke into a neighbor’s home and stole a watch. The next month, he bragged to his girlfriend about bringing a gun and knife to school. Anthony was convicted and sentenced 35 years in prison — but appealed the conviction and asked for a new trial, which a Texas…
One month he before the killing, Anthony bragged to his girlfriend about bringing a gun and a knife to school. Anthony
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