Suspected Texas track meet killer expected to walk free after bond slashed

Collin County District Judge Angela Tucker connected Monday importantly lowered the enslaved of the teen who is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf to decease astatine a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable connected April 2 successful Frisco, Texas. 

Karmelo Anthony, 17, faces first-degree execution charges successful Metcalf's death. His enslaved was dropped from $1 cardinal to $250,000. His newest transgression defence attorney, Mike Howard, hired Saturday, said Anthony volition station bond, but helium is unsure precisely when.

"I expect that helium volition beryllium capable marque bond," Howard told reporters aft the hearing. "I can't talk to however rapidly that volition go. The funds that person been raised are not speedy to travel retired and past there's evidently a process to the merchandise process erstwhile enslaved is posted."

Anthony is accused of stabbing Metcalf, besides 17, astatine a precocious schoolhouse way meet. Metcalf died successful his duplicate brother's arms.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (FOX 4)

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The Anthony household had crowdfunded astir $415,000 connected the level GiveSendGo arsenic of Monday morning. 

Anthony's enslaved conditions see location apprehension and an ankle monitor, and helium volition lone beryllium capable to permission his location with the judge's permission.

"Every Texan has the close to support themselves erstwhile they reasonably fearfulness for their life," Howard said. "Self-defense is simply a extortion that applies to each and each 1 of us. There are 2 sides to each story."

"This is simply a calamity each the mode astir for some families," helium added. "Rushing to judgment, proceedings by nationalist perception, and proceedings by media is not however we guarantee justness is done. We are assured that, aft a afloat investigation, that the information volition travel out."

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said the lawsuit volition beryllium taken to a expansive jury.

"The justice has made the call, and truthful what's important is what's next," helium said. "Frisco PD volition beryllium finishing up their investigation. They volition taxable the lawsuit to my office. We volition reappraisal it and yet contiguous it to a expansive jury, and truthful that's what's next. That's truly much, beauteous overmuch each I tin accidental close now. We bash our, speaking arsenic acold arsenic the facts go, successful the courtroom."

If convicted, Anthony cannot look the decease punishment due to the fact that helium is simply a juvenile, acknowledgment to a 2005 Supreme Court ruling successful a lawsuit called Roper v. Simmons.

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Austin Metcalf, 17, was stabbed to decease astatine a Texas way meet. (Jeff Metcalf)

"The Supreme Court has said not lone tin you not question the decease punishment against idiosyncratic who committed a transgression erstwhile they’re 17, you can’t adjacent get them beingness without parole," Willis said past week. "That would not beryllium thing we could bash adjacent if we wanted to."

Metcalf was laid to remainder Saturday.

"My lad is gone, and he'll ne'er travel location again," Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said Thursday connected "America Reports."

"Do not politicize this," helium added. "It's not… this is simply a quality being thing. This idiosyncratic made a atrocious prime and affected some his household and my household forever."

"People inquire me, however tin you forgive this different person? I said I forgive the different idiosyncratic due to the fact that the forgiveness is not for him. The forgiveness is for maine truthful I tin person peace," helium said. 

"His beingness is destroyed. My beingness is destroyed."

The altercation unfolded nether a structure astatine a way conscionable successful Frisco. The apprehension study from the incidental said Anthony "grabbed his bag, opened it and reached wrong it" and told Metcalf, "Touch maine and spot what happens."

Austin Metcalf, 17, was fatally stabbed astatine a way conscionable connected Wednesday. (FOX DFW Chopper)

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In the adjacent moment, a witnesser told constabulary that Anthony "reached into his container and the antheral took a weapon retired of the container and stabbed Austin."

The witnesser told the serviceman that Anthony deserted the country pursuing the stabbing. Metcalf died successful his duplicate brother's arms.

Anthony told the responding schoolhouse assets officer, who cuffed him upon accomplishment astatine the scene, that helium was protecting himself. The serviceman besides noted humor connected Anthony's near mediate finger. 

One serviceman astatine the country referred to Anthony arsenic the alleged suspect, and Anthony made a "spontaneous statement," according to the report: "I'm not alleged, I did it."

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)

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Anthony besides asked the officers if Metcalf was "going to beryllium OK" and asked if what happened could beryllium considered "self-defense," the study said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Howard for comment.

Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Brooke Taylor and Lindsey Reese contributed to this report.