Texas track meet stabbing suspect’s lawyer plans to ask for $1M bond to be lowered: report

The lawyer for Karmelo Anthony, a Texas precocious schoolhouse pupil accused of stabbing chap 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to decease during a confrontation astatine a way conscionable Wednesday, plans to inquire for his $1 cardinal enslaved to beryllium lowered, according to a report.

"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."

He told the quality presumption helium had requested a proceeding adjacent week to person Anthony's enslaved lowered. Anthony remains successful custody astatine the Collins County Jail. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Walpole. 

TEXAS TRACK MEET STABBING SUSPECT TOLD RESPONDING OFFICER HE ‘DID IT’: DOCS

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

Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School successful Texas, was charged with murder aft helium allegedly stabbed Metcalf, 17, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, to decease Wednesday greeting implicit a seating dispute.

A schoolhouse assets serviceman was the archetypal to get and face Anthony, according to an apprehension study obtained by FOX 4.

"I gave the fishy instructions to support his hands up successful the air. During this time, the fishy said verbally retired loud, ‘I was protecting myself,’" the study from the responding assets serviceman states.

The fishy besides allegedly told the serviceman that Metcalf "put his hands on" him.

GRIEVING TEXAS FATHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER SON WAS STABBED TO DEATH AT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET

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

When the serviceman told others that helium had the alleged stabbing suspect in custody, Anthony seemingly said, "I'm not alleged. I did it," according to the apprehension study obtained by FOX 4.

"He enactment his hands connected me. I told him not to," Anthony allegedly said arsenic authorities walked the teen to a constabulary vehicle.

Anthony besides asked the officers if Metcalf was "going to beryllium OK" and if what happened could beryllium considered "self-defense," FOX 4 reported, citing the constabulary document.

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

Metcalf's duplicate brother, Hunter, who spoke connected "The Will Cain Show" Wednesday alongside his grieving mother, Meghan, recalled the infinitesimal helium saw his member with a coiled to his thorax aft the altercation with Anthony.

"I whipped my caput around, and then, each of a sudden, I spot him moving down the bleachers conscionable grabbing his chest. … I enactment my manus connected there, tried to marque [the bleeding] stop, and I grabbed his caput and I looked successful his eyes. I conscionable saw his psyche leave, and it took my soul, too," Hunter said.

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The stabbing seemingly happened aft Metcalf asked Anthony to determination from nether a structure for Memorial High School, and Anthony responded, "Touch maine and spot what happens," according to a witness.

Metcalf "grabbed" him, and Anthony pulled retired a weapon and stabbed him, constabulary said. 

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.