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   The $1 million bond has been reduced for the 17-year-old student charged   
   with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school   
   track meet.   
      
   Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, was detained   
   following the deadly stabbing, which occurred at a Frisco Independent   
   School District stadium on April 2 during a track and field championship   
   involving multiple schools in the district.   
      
   Austin Metcalf, 17, an 11th grader at Frisco Memorial High School, died   
   after police said another student stabbed him during an altercation in the   
   bleachers at the meet.   
      
   Anthony was initially held on $1 million bond. During a hearing on Monday,   
   a Collin County judge set his bond at $250,000, online court records show.   
      
   Should he post bond, he has been ordered to be on house arrest, be   
   supervised by a parent or designated adult at all times and have no   
   contact with Metcalf's family, according to court records. He also needs   
   prior court approval to leave the house and must check in with the court   
   bailiff weekly until the case is indicted into a different court, the   
   court records show.   
      
   Judge Angela Tucker said she considered several factors in setting the new   
   bond amount, including Anthony's age, lack of past criminal history and   
   close ties to the community, Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA reported.   
      
   Members of both teens' families attended the hearing, according to WFAA.   
      
   Anthony is newly represented by Dallas defense attorney Mike Howard, who   
   asked for $150,000 bond, according to WFAA. The prosecution argued the   
   Anthony family was able to pay the $1 million bond through funds raised   
   through the platform GiveSendGo, according to WFAA. The fundraiser had   
   more than $416,000 in donations as of Monday afternoon. Anthony's father   
   told the court the family doesn't have access to those funds yet, WFAA   
   reported.   
      
   ABC News has reached out to Howard for comment.   
      
   The Dallas-based social justice organization Next Generation Action   
   Network, which is advocating for Anthony, said the reduced bond "gives   
   Karmelo and his family a much-needed window of relief and a chance to   
   prepare for the road ahead."   
      
   "The Next Generation Action Network is currently working with the Anthony   
   family to get the bond processed and will keep the community updated   
   regarding his release," the organization said in a statement on X.   
      
   The stabbing occurred under the Memorial High School tent in the stadium   
   bleachers at approximately 10 a.m. on April 2, according to the arrest   
   report.   
      
   Responding officers said they spoke to multiple witnesses, including one   
   who reported the altercation began after Metcalf told Anthony to move out   
   from under their team's tent, according to the arrest report.   
      
   The witness reported that Anthony allegedly reached inside his bag and   
   said, "Touch me and see what happens," according to the arrest report.   
      
   Metcalf grabbed Anthony to move him, according to a witness, and Anthony   
   allegedly pulled out what the witness described as a black knife and   
   "stabbed Austin once in the chest and then ran away," the arrest report   
   stated.   
      
   Anthony allegedly confessed to the killing and officers say he told them   
   he was protecting himself, according to the arrest report.   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-track-meet-stabbing-bond-reduced-teen-   
   murder-suspect/story?id=120798058   
      
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