Online fundraiser for Texas track meet stabbing suspect nears $150K

An online fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony, the Texas precocious schoolhouse pupil accused of stabbing chap 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to decease astatine a Frisco, Texas, way conscionable past week, is nearing $150,000 successful full donations.

"The communicative being dispersed is false, unjust, and harmful," the Anthony household said successful a connection connected the crowdfunding level GiveSendGo. "As a household of faith, we are profoundly grateful for each of your enactment during this trying period. Your prayers and assistance mean much to america present much than ever."

The fund, called the Help Karmelo Official Fund, was acceptable up to enactment "Karmelo and his household during this challenging and hard time."

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File photograph of Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

The full magnitude raised is $144,873, and the fundraising extremity has been acceptable astatine $200,000. 

The boys were competing successful the state's University Interscholasic League's District 11-5A title conscionable astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful Frisco erstwhile an altercation betwixt them turned deadly. 

Anthony has been charged with first-degree execution stemming from the deadly altercation betwixt the boys. He claims helium was acting successful self-defense. 

He is presently being held successful the Collins County Jail connected a $1 cardinal bond, an magnitude that his lawyer is asking the tribunal to reduce.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (FOX DFW)

"I cognize that my lawsuit said it was self-defense. I don't person immoderate crushed to disbelieve that, but I request to make facts, speech to radical and fig retired what's going connected earlier I marque immoderate statements astir what I deliberation happened," lawyer Deric Walpole, who was hired by Anthony’s household Friday, told KXAS-TV. "I don't person immoderate crushed to deliberation it wasn't self-defense astatine this time."

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Anthony told constabulary helium did stab Metcalf but says that Metcalf enactment his hands connected him first, according to FOX 4. Anthony besides reportedly asked constabulary whether what helium did could beryllium considered self-defense. 

The latest comments from donors connected the GiveSendGo level expressed enactment for Anthony.

"Self defence successful a basal your crushed authorities this young antheral did thing incorrect and has the close to support himself arsenic the ineligible strategy said it was close for Daniel Penny and Kyle Rittenhouse it’s close for him too," said 1 comment. 

File photograph of Jeff Metcalf, left, with his son, Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

Another remark suggested that racism was to blame. 

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"stay beardown young brother, each of america that person came up successful this state anticipation to ne'er spell done this oregon spot others similar america spell done this, but it is an unfortunate world of this state that these radical tin look to bash arsenic they similar until we marque a drastic and lasting change," different remark said. "Let your ineligible beryllium the combat 1 of the galore victories successful this seemingly eternal combat against racism and evil."

Fox News' Brie Stimson contributed to this report.