Austin Metcalfs coach heard pleading stay with me in frenzied 911 call moments after Karmelo Anthonys attack

Austin Metcalf’s coach’s desperate pleas were captured in a recently-released frenzied 911 call that was placed moment safter Karmelo Anthony unleashed his attack.Joshua Rebmann told the critically injured star to “fight” in the exhibit made public Friday — just 10 days after Anthony was convicted of murder over the April 2, 2025, stabbing.“Stay with me, Austin.C’mon! C’mon” Rebmann, a Liberty High coach and military veteran, begged as the commotion in Frisco, Texas, unfolded. “Fight through, fight through.
You’re doing good.”Rebmann used his jacket to try and save Memorial High student Metcalf, who was bleeding after his heart was pierced by Anthony’s 3.5 inch blade.In another recording Metcalf’s pal Mason – who called 911 – frantically told dispatchers, “My friend just got stabbed,” before admitting he had “no clue” who carried out the attack at Kuykendall Stadium during the ill-fated track meet.“He was sitting in our tent, but you need to send an ambulance right now,” he urgently said, before describing the knifeman’s attire.Metcalf, 17, was left with a stab wound on the left side of his chest – and Dr.Elizabeth Ventura, the Collin County chief medical examiner, told jurors the injury wasn’t survivable. The blade perforated the bone at the center of Metcalf’s chest, as well as the sack that surrounds his heart, Ventura said, describing his wound as “gaping.”Jurors gasped in horror and one covered her mouth after being shown chilling autopsy pictures, while Anthony — now 19 — looked at his lap, according to a report by the Daily Mail.A paramedic, who also took the stand at the trial in McKinney, said Metcalf was found with no pulse and never regained consciousness.Witnesses told the court how Anthony — who went to Centennial High School — was the aggressor and said that he came into the Memorial High tent to shelter from the rain.He allegedly ignored requests to leave before threatening Metcalf, w...