Day 4 report: Karmelo Anthony Trial - June 4th, 2026 - Part 2. My reporting from the courtroom - A 🧵
The state called Tiffany Whitaker, an athletic trainer at Memorial High School. She said that her job was to prevent athletic injury. She stated that she was at every event. She has received extensive medical training, and is CPR certified. She said that she knew both boys.
She stated that there was a rule about the tent. It is like a locker room. It’s a Team safe space.
She stated that the weather was cloudy and windy. She stated that around 10 AM. She was set up with medical equipment at the Andrews building. She stated that she saw Austin around 930 AM and he gave her a hug.
She said that she saw a commotion and heard screaming. She ran onto the track to see what was going on.
She said that a student she knew said “Him! He stabbed him and threw the knife!” The student then pointed at Karmelo.
She said that she then stopped right in front of Karmelo and put her arms out to stop him. She then got Coach Hooper’s attention with Heritage High School.
She said Hooper then turned towards Karmelo and said “you stabbed someone son?”
She then moved on to find the person who was stabbed. She did not know who it was yet.
She arrived to the tent and saw multiple people were already helping Austin. She grabbed his wrist to check for a pulse. She gave rescue breaths while the coach with liberty high school was giving compressions.
Read on 👇
The state called Tiffany Whitaker, an athletic trainer at Memorial High School. She said that her job was to prevent athletic injury. She stated that she was at every event. She has received extensive medical training, and is CPR certified. She said that she knew both boys.
She stated that there was a rule about the tent. It is like a locker room. It’s a Team safe space.
She stated that the weather was cloudy and windy. She stated that around 10 AM. She was set up with medical equipment at the Andrews building. She stated that she saw Austin around 930 AM and he gave her a hug.
She said that she saw a commotion and heard screaming. She ran onto the track to see what was going on.
She said that a student she knew said “Him! He stabbed him and threw the knife!” The student then pointed at Karmelo.
She said that she then stopped right in front of Karmelo and put her arms out to stop him. She then got Coach Hooper’s attention with Heritage High School.
She said Hooper then turned towards Karmelo and said “you stabbed someone son?”
She then moved on to find the person who was stabbed. She did not know who it was yet.
She arrived to the tent and saw multiple people were already helping Austin. She grabbed his wrist to check for a pulse. She gave rescue breaths while the coach with liberty high school was giving compressions.
Read on 👇
Track head coach Vincent Hooper was the next witness with Heritage high school.
He was asked about tents. He said you want your kids to stay in their camp. He said he had left the tent to go get batons from the car and then made his way back.
As he was walking back, he said everyone was running and panicking. He then saw Coach Tiffany who said “hey this kid stabbed someone don’t let him leave!”
He stated that he put his hands around Karmelo. karmelo said “he put his hands on me.”
The coach told Karmelo “you know if he dies, you just changed your whole life around”.
Karmelo responded and said “he’s not going to die”
He then passed Karmelo over to a Centennial coach. He said an African-American kid was chasing Karmelo and the kid said “he stabbed my brother. I’m going to get him!” But he was able to grab him and hold him back.
This particular individual is likely a witness and I do not know if it is a minor so I will not be identifying this person.
The coach then said he walked up to Austin … he said Austin was pale white and in a puddle of blood.
🚨 read on 👇 next witness is very hard to listen to
He was asked about tents. He said you want your kids to stay in their camp. He said he had left the tent to go get batons from the car and then made his way back.
As he was walking back, he said everyone was running and panicking. He then saw Coach Tiffany who said “hey this kid stabbed someone don’t let him leave!”
He stated that he put his hands around Karmelo. karmelo said “he put his hands on me.”
The coach told Karmelo “you know if he dies, you just changed your whole life around”.
Karmelo responded and said “he’s not going to die”
He then passed Karmelo over to a Centennial coach. He said an African-American kid was chasing Karmelo and the kid said “he stabbed my brother. I’m going to get him!” But he was able to grab him and hold him back.
This particular individual is likely a witness and I do not know if it is a minor so I will not be identifying this person.
The coach then said he walked up to Austin … he said Austin was pale white and in a puddle of blood.
🚨 read on 👇 next witness is very hard to listen to
The next witness was Joshua Redman, a coach with liberty high school.
Joshua Redman is an army veteran. He was deployed three times, blown up three times. He said that he has led men and lost men. He is 6 foot four and 240 pounds.
On April 2, he was the throwing coach. He said that liberty high school had two tents. One for the boys and one for the girls. He said the weather was only a light drizzle of rain. It was not raining heavy.
He stated that he was close to Memorial high school tent. He did not hear anything until there was a burst of energy. He said kids were running and people were screaming. He heard them running on the aluminum bleachers.
He stated that he then saw Austin at the bottom of the bleachers with his back up against the fence. He said Austin then fell to the ground. Hunter ran to him and held him and was screaming that he had been stabbed.
He stated that he then took off his coat and put pressure on the wound. He had to shove Hunter to the side because Hunter was trying to hold Austin tightly. Hunter was hysterical. He stated that based on the location of the wound and the amount of blood pouring into Austin‘s abdomen, he could tell that it was not good.
He then stated that he recognized agonal breathing which he knew meant that Austin was already passing. He stated that before EMS arrived he knew that Austin was already gone. But he did not state this because he wanted all life-saving measures to be taken regardless.
After EMS arrived, he then went to the lockers to wash the blood off of his hands. He left the jacket on the ground.
Then they played the 911 tape
This tape was absolutely devastating for everyone in the room
You could hear everyone screaming in the background. You could hear the army veteran working on Austin. You can hear the coach screaming “stay with me, Austin! Stay with me!”
The individual who called 911 said that Austin was breathing, but it was just the agonal breathing as recognized by the coach. Which meant that Austin was already gone.
In the background of the 911 call, you can hear Hunter crying and screaming. You could hear him saying “PLEASE GOD! Please!! Please GOD!”
The called then gave 911 the description of Karmelo. And stated that he was just some kid from another school.
Photos were then shown to the jury of Austin. This photo was not placed on the screen out of respect for the Metcalf family.
A picture was then shown of the jacket that was used to attempt to stop the bleeding. The inside of it was covered in blood.
The coach was cross-examined. It was reiterated that he did not hear any yelling before the incident.
This concludes the end of day four.
Day five (today) coming soon.
Joshua Redman is an army veteran. He was deployed three times, blown up three times. He said that he has led men and lost men. He is 6 foot four and 240 pounds.
On April 2, he was the throwing coach. He said that liberty high school had two tents. One for the boys and one for the girls. He said the weather was only a light drizzle of rain. It was not raining heavy.
He stated that he was close to Memorial high school tent. He did not hear anything until there was a burst of energy. He said kids were running and people were screaming. He heard them running on the aluminum bleachers.
He stated that he then saw Austin at the bottom of the bleachers with his back up against the fence. He said Austin then fell to the ground. Hunter ran to him and held him and was screaming that he had been stabbed.
He stated that he then took off his coat and put pressure on the wound. He had to shove Hunter to the side because Hunter was trying to hold Austin tightly. Hunter was hysterical. He stated that based on the location of the wound and the amount of blood pouring into Austin‘s abdomen, he could tell that it was not good.
He then stated that he recognized agonal breathing which he knew meant that Austin was already passing. He stated that before EMS arrived he knew that Austin was already gone. But he did not state this because he wanted all life-saving measures to be taken regardless.
After EMS arrived, he then went to the lockers to wash the blood off of his hands. He left the jacket on the ground.
Then they played the 911 tape
This tape was absolutely devastating for everyone in the room
You could hear everyone screaming in the background. You could hear the army veteran working on Austin. You can hear the coach screaming “stay with me, Austin! Stay with me!”
The individual who called 911 said that Austin was breathing, but it was just the agonal breathing as recognized by the coach. Which meant that Austin was already gone.
In the background of the 911 call, you can hear Hunter crying and screaming. You could hear him saying “PLEASE GOD! Please!! Please GOD!”
The called then gave 911 the description of Karmelo. And stated that he was just some kid from another school.
Photos were then shown to the jury of Austin. This photo was not placed on the screen out of respect for the Metcalf family.
A picture was then shown of the jacket that was used to attempt to stop the bleeding. The inside of it was covered in blood.
The coach was cross-examined. It was reiterated that he did not hear any yelling before the incident.
This concludes the end of day four.
Day five (today) coming soon.
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