J.D. Miles
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PROSECUTION CALLS WITNESS - MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ATHLETE
KNEW KARMELO ANTHONY AND AUSTIN METCALF
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “What did you notice in the tent?
Witness: “Karmelo was there. I dabbed him up.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Did you talk?”
Witness: “Just said hi.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Did you think it was weird he was in the tent?”
Witness: “Yes, because teams are supposed to be at their own tent.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “You call him mellow?”
Witness: “Yes.
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “After you stop talking to him, did you see any other teammates talk to him?”
Witness: “Yeah, Austin said, ‘Who are you?’”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “What did you see?”
Witness: “Karmelo gets mad he’s told to get mad he’s told to get out of the tent.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Once he gets mad, what happens?”
Witness: “He says, ‘You’re not going to move me. You’re a b*tch.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Was Austin starting to get mad?”
Witness: “He was getting defensive someone we didn’t know was in the tent. He’s always leading. He’s always protecting us.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “After that?”
Witness: “Karmelo said you’ll have to move me. Austin put his hand on his back. I saw Karmelo’s hand go in the backpack. We’re at a track meet. I wouldn't expect anything to be in there. Karmelo said, ‘Touch me. You’ll have to move me, and find out,’ trying to provoke him.’”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Then what happens?”
Witness: “Austin puts his hand on him and falls back.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “How was Austin trying to move him?”
Witness: “It was him trying to move him off his seat. A soft shove.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “What did Austin do?”
Witness: “I see the hole in his chest and blood. He starts screaming for help.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “When this is going on, who’s standing?”
Witness: “Before the stab, Austin was the one standing.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “Did any kids from Memorial try to gang up on Karmelo?”
Witness: “No.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “You’re expecting at most a fist fight?”
Witness: “Yes.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “You didn’t think anything was going to happen?”
Witness: “No.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “After Austin falls, where does Hunter go?”
Witness: “Hunter went to help him get up, and that’s when Austin pulled up his shirt and started screaming.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “You thought the stab was a shove?”
Witness: “Yes.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “What did you see?”
Witness: “I saw our coach take off his sweatshirt. Austin fell down and looked unconscious.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “After the stabbing, where did Karmelo go?”
Witness: “I saw him run up the bleachers.”
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye: “The coach heard you saying, ‘That was my brother. That was my brother,” about Austin.”
Witness: “Yes, sir.”
From
cbsnews.com12:30 PM · Jun 6, 2026
