Karmelo

1. Legal Status

Karmelo Anthony (Frisco, 2025)

Pending Trial scheduled for June 1, 2026. Indicted for First-Degree Murder.

Reached. Found Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide. Acquitted of Murder and Man.

2. Charge Level

First-Degree Murder (Highest level of intent).

Criminally Negligent Homicide (Lowest level of culpability).

3. Prior Relationship

None. The students were strangers, and the altercation was spontaneous.

Yes. Pre-existing conflict and feud; social media messages allegedly set up the fight.

4. Location / Context

Public Venue (Track Meet), over a dispute about seating in a restricted tent area.

Restricted Venue (School Bathroom), during school hours, allegedly to carry out a planned fight.

5. Stabbing Action

Allegedly one single stab wound to the chest.

Multiple stab wounds (chest, back, legs, and arm).

6. Visual Evidence

Police footage exists but is not reported as clear enough to definitively show the moment of the stabbing.

Cell phone video of the fight was presented to the jury, showing the fight and the stabbing.

7. Post-Incident Statement

Anthony admitted the action, stating: “I did it,” and claiming “I was protecting myself.”

Allison initially confessed to police and informed detectives where to find the knife.

8. Sentence

Not Applicable (Case pending).

Years in Prison (Sentence was enhanced due to the judge’s finding of a deadly weapon).