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Austin Metcalf\u2019s tragic final words as he lay dying were revealed Thursday to in the highly charged murder case against Texas teen Karmelo Anthony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been stabbed,\u201d Metcalf said after lifting his shirt to see he was wounded, prosecutor Bill Wirskye told jurors during opening statements in the Frisco case.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old victim then stumbled down a few rows of bleacher seating as his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, went to his side \u2013 the sibling bleeding to death in Hunter\u2019s arms, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Wirskye claimed Austin, who was stepping up to help his coach lead the track and field meet that day, asked Anthony to leave his team\u2019s tent at the Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cTouch me see what happens,\u201d Anthony replied to Austin, the prosecutor claimed, according to local outlet NBC 5.<\/p>\n

Initially Austin didn\u2019t want to get into a fight \u201cuntil [he] took the bait,\u201d Wirskye claimed.<\/p>\n

Anthony used a folding knife he pulled out of a bag and thrust it into Austin\u2019s chest, who at first \u201cdidn\u2019t even know he was stabbed,\u201d Wirskye claimed.<\/p>\n

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When Hunter got to his brother he lifted his shirt and the twins \u201csee a gaping hole in his chest,\u201d the prosecutor told the jurors.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anthony tried to run but didn\u2019t even make it out of the stadium as coaches stopped him. The alleged assailant told the coaches that Austin started it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs if it justifies the murder he just committed,\u201d Wirskye alleged.<\/p>\n

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And when cops cuffed Anthony calling him an \u201calleged suspect\u201d he told them: \u201cI\u2019m not alleged, I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Howard, Anthony\u2019s defense attorney who referred to his client as \u201cMelo,\u201d in his own opening statements told jurors that a hulking Austin initiated the confrontation after a much smaller Anthony went under Austin\u2019s team tent to get out of the rain.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelo defended himself with that knife,\u201d Howard said. \u201cHe ran, he didn\u2019t stab again, he dropped the knife, he didn\u2019t stab anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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