[Update: On Monday, April 14, Anthony was released on a $250,000 bond.]

A recent high school track meet turned into a tragic death.

On Wednesday, April 2 at a track and field championship at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death by another 17-year-old, Karmelo Anthony. It was allegedly that Metcalf, a high school junior at Frisco Memorial High School, got into an altercation with Anthony, a Centennial High School student, during a weather delay.

This first appeared April 2 on X, getting more that six million views across all the posts. The attention started to spread when arguments were made about the altercation between Metcalf and Anthony having to do with race.

The tension between the two started when Anthony was sitting under the tent of Metcalf’s team on the bleachers. According to a witness on wfaa.com Anthony told Metcalf, “touch me and see what happens.”

Interviewers talked to Austin’s brother, Hunter Metcalf, about the incident.

“I tried to whip around as fast as I could,” Metcalf said. “I looked at my brother and I’m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.”

Chris Oswitt, a junior on the Williston track and field team, thinks that Metcalf’s death puts a scare across the whole track and field world.

“Being on the track team and seeing the video makes me more aware of my surroundings and who I am near because I never know what can happen,” Chris said.

After the death, Metcalf’s family set up a online fundraiser.

“The narrative being spread is false, unjust, and harmful,” the Anthony family said in a statement on the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. “As a family of faith, we are deeply grateful for all of your support during this trying period. Your prayers and assistance mean more to us now more than ever.”

Over a short period of time, the public has rallied around the Metcalf family and was able to raise $150,000 in donations.

Seamus McDermott, a post graduate who saw the post on X, agrees that the public should stay out of the issue.

“I think that the people making different assumptions about this case is no help, and all of their opinions are not going to affect with what the final ruling is for the case,” says Seamus.

According to Collin County court records, a hearing set for Karmelo Anthony’s bond will take place Monday, April 14 at 9 am. Anthony’s attorneys, Billy Clark and Kim Cole, filed to reduce his bond currently set a $1 million.

Anthony Oppedisano, a post graduate on the track that and field team, thinks one of the good gestures resulting from the tragedy are the people helping Metcalf’s family.

“When people come together to help Metcalf’s family it shows how much people care for such a unfortunate incident to a kid close to my age,” Anthony said.