This week, a jury in McKinney, Texas convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of murder , sentencing him to 35 years in prison for the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in April 2025.  The case drew almost immediate national media attention. It was a shocking incident: a fight that escalated to murder at a high school track meet, the details of the incident disputed enough that support for both parties — the now-convicted killer and his victim — sprang up quickly.