A gag order was issued Monday in the Karmelo Anthony murder case, according to Collin County court records.
A gag order is typically issued in criminal cases to prevent parties in the case, such as lawyers or witnesses, from speaking about the case publicly. The terms of the order were not known as of Tuesday evening.
A protective order was also filed Tuesday, according to court records. The details of that order were also not known Tuesday evening.
The filings come after Frisco ISD received a subpoena last week asking the district to provide the court with a list of students who attended the April 2 track meet where Austin Metcalf, 17, was fatally stabbed.
Frisco ISD was asked to provide the full names, dates of birth, addresses, parents’ names and contact information for all Memorial High School student athletes who attended the meet, the district said in a letter sent to parents.
According to a Frisco police arrest report, Anthony, then 17 and a student at Frisco Centennial High School, was confronted by Metcalf over being in the wrong school’s tent during a weather delay at the track meet. Metcalf was a student at Frisco Memorial High School.
Anthony told police he stabbed Metcalf with a knife after Metcalf grabbed him, the report said. Witness statements to police differed between describing either a push or a shove before the fatal stabbing.
Anthony is currently set to stand trial in Frisco’s 296th District Court on June 1, 2026.
