Austin Metcalf’s coach’s determined pleas had been captured in a recently-released frenzied 911 name that was positioned second safter Karmelo Anthony unleashed his assault.
Joshua Rebmann advised the critically injured star to “struggle” within the exhibit made public Friday — simply 10 days after Anthony was convicted of homicide over the April 2, 2025, stabbing.
“Stick with me, Austin. C’mon! C’mon” Rebmann, a Liberty Excessive coach and navy veteran, begged because the commotion in Frisco, Texas, unfolded.
“Combat by, struggle by. You’re doing good.”
Rebmann used his jacket to attempt to save Memorial Excessive scholar Metcalf, who was bleeding after his coronary heart was pierced by Anthony’s 3.5 inch blade.
In one other recording Metcalf’s pal Mason – who referred to as 911 – frantically advised dispatchers, “My buddy simply bought stabbed,” earlier than admitting he had “no clue” who carried out the assault at Kuykendall Stadium throughout the ill-fated observe meet.
“He was sitting in our tent, however you have to ship an ambulance proper now,” he urgently stated, earlier than describing the knifeman’s apparel.
Metcalf, 17, was left with a stab wound on the left aspect of his chest – and Dr. Elizabeth Ventura, the Collin County chief medical expert, advised jurors the harm wasn’t survivable.
The blade perforated the bone on the middle of Metcalf’s chest, in addition to the sack that surrounds his coronary heart, Ventura stated, describing his wound as “gaping.”
Jurors gasped in horror and one lined her mouth after being proven chilling post-mortem photos, whereas Anthony — now 19 — checked out his lap, in response to a report by the Day by day Mail.
A paramedic, who additionally took the stand on the trial in McKinney, stated Metcalf was discovered with no pulse and by no means regained consciousness.
Witnesses advised the courtroom how Anthony — who went to Centennial Excessive Faculty — was the aggressor and stated that he got here into the Memorial Excessive tent to shelter from the rain.
He allegedly ignored requests to depart earlier than threatening Metcalf, who outweighed him by 50 to 60 kilos.
At one level throughout the escalating dispute, Anthony warned Metcalf, “Contact me and see what occurs,” whereas his hand was in his backpack, witnesses stated.
Metcalf ultimately shoved Anthony, and the killer teen whipped out a knife from his bag, plunging it into the sufferer’s chest, in response to testimony.
Anthony — who was sentenced to 35 years in jail — has claimed he acted in self-defense – and his mother and father Kala Hayes and Andrew Anthony have constantly confused their son isn’t a killer.
“My son is not any assassin,” she advised CBS after the sentencing. “My son was defending himself, and that’s what hurts so unhealthy.”
Hayes claimed the jurors “had their minds made up already.”
In the meantime Andrew Anthony claimed that his son didn’t get justice.
“They did a quantity on us,” he alleged. “We didn’t get justice. Loads of issues that had been missed that ought to have been dealt with a sure manner; nonetheless, we couldn’t say something. We did what we had been instructed. We did what we had been advised.”
Anthony and his attorneys have already filed a discover of attraction – and a gaggle of six attorneys have introduced they may characterize him pro-bono, which implies with out cost.
“Instantly after the conviction, Karmelo Anthony’s father reached out to me and requested for assist assembling a brand new authorized group to struggle for his son’s future,” Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer, posted on X Monday.
“We stay dedicated to making sure that Karmelo receives a full and truthful assessment of his conviction and sentence, per each the proof and the regulation.
“This isn’t about headlines; it’s about due course of, accountability, and the pursuit of justice for a younger man whose life now depends upon what occurs on attraction.”
