A Texas high school star athlete was stabbed in the heart and left to die in his loving twin brother’s arms following a fight over a seat at a track meet.

A Texas high school star athlete was stabbed in the heart and left to die in his loving twin brother’s arms following a fight over a seat at a track meet, the boy’s heartbroken father said.

Austin Metcalf was attending a track and field championship between other area schools at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas when the fatal attack happened on April 2.

Metcalf, a junior at Frisco ISD’s Memorial High School, was in the stands of the stadium when a confrontation broke out between the teen and 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony.

Anthony, a senior at Centennial High School, was allegedly told he was sitting in the wrong seat when he drew a knife and launched his attack, Metcalf’s father Jeff Metcalf told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

Anthony, 17, allegedly stabbed Metcalf in the chest as his victim’s brother, Hunter, watched in horror.

Hunter, who was born 2 minutes after Austin, rushed to the aid of his older brother but couldn’t save him.

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

“They were twins, identical twins, and his brother was holding on to him, trying to make it stop bleeding, and he died in his brother’s arms,” Jeff Metcalf recalled.

Hunter Metcalf called his parents to tell them about the stabbing, with their father rushing to the stands to find Austin on a gurney not breathing.

“I could see all the blood, and I saw where the wound was, and I was very concerned, so I had to find his brother, and we rushed to the hospital. And we prayed, and it’s God’s plan, I don’t understand it, but they weren’t able to save him. This is murder,” Jeff Metcalf said.

The teen was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

“Despite lifesaving measures by police and fire personnel, including CPR and the administration of blood, the (17)-year-old died,” Frisco Police said.

Anthony was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

He is being held at Collin County Jail; no bond has been set.

The grieving father questioned Anthony’s upbringing and parents as he forgave his son’s alleged killer.

“I’m not trying to judge, but what kind of parents did this child have? What was he taught? He brought a knife to a track meet and he murdered my son by stabbing him in the heart. The guy was in the wrong place and they asked him to move and he bowed up. This is murder,” Jeff Metcalf said.

“You know what, I already forgive this person. Already. God takes care of things. God is going to take care of me. God is going to take care of my family,” he added.

Anthony, 5-foot-10 free safety, revealed on social media he had received offers from several colleges, mostly Division III schools.

Austin Metcalf was remembered as a star linebacker who had garnered attention from schools as he dreamed of playing football in college.

He was recently voted his team’s Most Valuable Player and held a 4.0 GPA, according to a GoFundMe organized by his father.

“He was a bright young man with a great future ahead of him,” Jeff Metcalf said. “He was a leader of men. His smile would light up the room. His passion for football was unbelievable.

“We will all remember him for the way he impacted others’ lives.”

AUSTIN _ Business owners could exempt a quarter-million dollars worth of computers, furniture and other equipment from their annual taxes under legislation the Texas House overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday.

Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-University Park, brought forward the proposals that passed with 90% support in the GOP-dominated chamber. If the legislation passes the Texas Senate, voters will need to approve it in November for it to go into effect in this tax year.

The measures — House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution 1 — are the cornerstone of House Speaker Dustin Burrows’ priority property tax reform package for the House.

The bill provides “the second largest exemption of its kind in the country and will provide substantial savings to businesses across the state,” Meyer said.

The legislation raises the personal property tax exemption for businesses from $2,500 to $250,000 – a tenfold increase in the amount of value that businesses owners don’t have to claim on items critical to their companies’ day-to-day operations.

Items that, supporters point out, owners already paid sales tax on when they purchased them. Avoiding a second round of taxes means they can put more into their families and businesses, said Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville.

“It’ll help them provide for their children, and that’s money that goes back into the economy,” Little said. “This bill helps those small businesses ensure that they can continue to operate those small businesses by accepting things that they already paid taxes on.”

Attempts to raise the exemption to $500,000 or a million dollars failed in floor votes.

About a dozen House members opposed the bill, arguing that local governments would have to make up the loss in revenue by raising prices for services — putting the tax cut for businesses on the backs of everyday Texans who may already struggle every day.

Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, said 82% of the businesses in Fort Worth would pay no taxes on personal business property at all if the exemption were increased to $250,000.

“This would have a huge loss to the city of Fort Worth, and it’s going to be a big burden to our taxpayers,” Collier said. “I’m trying to think of the other ways that they could make up the difference. Raising the water bill, raising garbage collection rates. These are all things that are passed on to the consumer.”

Meyer responded that if the cities can’t tighten their belts to make up for the lost revenue, that’s not the taxpayers’ problem.

“A lot of the local taxing entities are taking in way too much money as we speak,” he said. “They are taking it from our constituents, and so that would be something that they would need to deal with. But quite frankly, they take enough from our constituents as we sit here today.”

Texas Tech isn’t the same team Oklahoma has dealt with in recent years. But given OU’s SEC series loss to Alabama over the weekend, the Sooners didn’t mind so much.

No. 9 Oklahoma knocked off their former Big 12 rivals in a one-off midweek game Tuesday, 8-6. The Sooners used a four-run third inning to break things open but ultimately had to hang on as Texas Tech brought the potential game-tying run to the plate in the ninth.

The Red Raiders trailed 8-3 entering the eighth inning, but a Logan Hughes solo home run in the frame and Antonelli Savaterre’s triple combined with Hughes’ RBI single in the ninth to make things interesting. Hughes’ single, however, came with two outs and Dylan Crooks retired the next batter to leave Hughes stranded to end the game.

Oklahoma ended up needing its four-run inning. All four OU hits in the third resulted in runs. Drew Dickerson and Dasan Harris each had RBI singles, turning a 1-1 game into a 3-1 lead. Harris’ knock came with two outs. As did Jason Walk’s RBI double and Easton Carmichael closed out the inning’s scoring with an RBI single to knock in Walk.

The big inning provided some breathing room for Sooners’ pitchers. Tech had just one hit through the first five innings. Even then, the Red Raiders finished with just five hits, as eight different Oklahoma pitchers kept the Tech bats relatively quiet, but struggled with walks and hit batters, giving up eight and two, respectively.

Walk, Carmichael, and Harris all had three hits for OU. Walk’s all went for extra bases as he finished 3 of 4 with two doubles, a home run, two walks, two RBI and two runs. Carmichael also homered for the Sooners, as did Jaxon Willits.

Tech is in danger of its first losing season since 2010 as the Red Raiders fell to 8-17 on the season. OU, which returns to Southeastern Conference play Thursday through Saturday against No. 6 LSU, lifted its record to 23-5.