High school football player Austin Metcalf last tweet said: "Faith that god got me ❤️ and my work will pay off."

Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old high school student and footballer, was fatally stabbed in the heart during a track meet in Frisco, Texas. The altercation, which lasted mere seconds, was over a seat. Stabbing perpetrator Karmelo Anthony has been arrested and charged with murder.

The attorney for Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old accused of murdering football star Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet, insists he doesn’t have “any reason” to think the killing “wasn’t in self defense” — and will request the teen’s bond be lowered from $1,000,000.

On Wednesday, 17-year-old high school athlete Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed at a track event at Kuykendall Stadium, in the northern Frisco suburb of Dallas, Texas, according to local authorities. Newsweek contacted the Frisco Police Department for comment via telephone on Thursday outside of regular office hours.