He brought a knife to a track meet. One student ended up dead.
Now, hundreds of thousands of dollars are pouring in, for the one holding the blade.
Yep, you read that right.
Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old high school student from Texas, is currently behind bars, charged with the fatal stabbing of another teen, Austin Metcalf, at a Frisco track event on April 2.
But that’s not even what has people talking.
It’s the fact that his family launched a fundraiser to cover his legal defense — and it’s already raised more than $230,000 on GiveSendGo.
Let that sink in.
“Why is a teenager who brought a knife to school getting donations?” one person posted.
“This is blood money,” another added.
Meanwhile, Austin Metcalf’s family — the victim in this nightmare — is left mourning a son they say had a 4.0 GPA, big dreams, and never came home from school that day.
According to People, the two teens didn’t even know each other. Witnesses say Metcalf asked Anthony to leave a team tent. Anthony warned him not to touch him. Seconds later, Metcalf was bleeding out from a stab wound to the chest.
And now the suspect is getting donations.
The online backlash? Brutal.
Social media exploded the moment the campaign went viral.
Some say Anthony deserves legal representation — and the money helps ensure that. Others say raising cash for someone accused of killing a student on school grounds is just plain wrong.
The Frisco police even had to release a statement urging the public not to believe everything they see online — because fake accounts, fake screenshots, and wild conspiracy theories are spreading like wildfire.
Still, the GiveSendGo campaign, run by a woman named Kala Hayes, hasn’t been shut down. And it’s not slowing down either.
“It’s just disgusting,” one commenter wrote. “The victim’s family is burying a child. The accused is cashing in.”
Anthony is currently being held on $1 million bond. His legal team claims he acted in self-defense and has asked for the charge to be reviewed.
But for now, the question echoing through every comment section is painfully simple:
Where’s that $230K going?
And more importantly…
Why does it even exist?