Crowds clash outside Karmelo Anthony murder trial
Outside the Collin County Courthouse, tensions erupted following the announcement of the guilty verdict in Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial on June 9, 2026. Anthony was convicted for the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. (AJ Skuy for News Media)
A man involved in a viral incident during the trial was arrested outside the courthouse, where Anthony had been found guilty earlier in the week. This arrest was one of at least two made as emotions ran high in this racially sensitive case.
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to News Media that the two individuals were detained shortly after Anthony’s sentencing on Tuesday.
Jerome Winston Parker, the man from the viral confrontation, was apprehended due to an outstanding warrant related to the alleged unlawful carrying of a weapon, as stated by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office.
On June 9, 2026, Jerome Winston Parker was arrested in Collin County, Texas, for an outstanding warrant concerning the alleged unlawful carrying of a weapon. (Collin County Sheriff’s Office)
People outside Collin County Courthouse react as the guilty verdict was announced in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial in McKinney, Texas, on June 9, 2026. (AJ Skuy for News Media)
Police said the charge stems from an alleged incident that took place in the parking lot of the courthouse during “activities related to trial proceedings” three days earlier on June 6.
Parker was subsequently arrested Tuesday and remains in custody on a $1,000 bond.
On Tuesday, he was seen in a face-to-face confrontation with an Austin Metcalf supporter, arguing in support of Anthony in a heated clash outside the courthouse.
In the other arrest, video recorded by FOX 4 shows a man wearing a pink tie and suspenders being arrested outside the courthouse in connection with an alleged assault, according to witnesses.Â
WATCH: Texas Congressional candidate arrested outside Karmelo Anthony trialÂ
That man was later identified as Sholdon Daniels, a Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 30th Congressional District, who posted a video to X shortly before the alleged incident in which he was wearing the same outfit. According to Daniels’ campaign website, he is a veteran and attorney.
Sholdon Daniels, a Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 30th Congressional District, was arrested for alleged public intoxication in Collin County, Texas, on June 9, 2026. (Collin County Sheriff’s Office)
Daniels was subsequently taken into custody and charged with public intoxication, according to jail records obtained by News Media. He remains in jail on a $500 bond.Â
Social media posts made to Daniels’ X account show him condemning Anthony’s actions, while pointing to race as playing a key factor in the controversial murder trial.Â
“I practice law in Collin County, Texas,” Daniels said in one X post. “Karmelo Anthony will be convicted and sentenced to life in prison. As he should. He murdered that boy because he was raised to hate white people and to view himself as a victim in every situation. It’s a culture thing.”
Karmelo Anthony was convicted of stabbing Austin Metcalf to death during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, on April 2, 2025. (Jeff Metcalf/FOX4)
The arrests were made amid tense gatherings outside the courthouse as it was announced that a jury had found Anthony guilty of murdering Metcalf at a high school track meet in 2025.Â
Video taken by News Media showed several skirmishes breaking out as Anthony was handed a sentence of 35 years behind bars for Metcalf’s killing.
Throughout the trial, prosecutors revealed Anthony stabbed Metcalf to death after Metcalf asked him to leave a Memorial High School team tent.Â
Anthony’s defense insisted their client acted in self-defense.
However, a Texas jury convicted Anthony of murder.
News Media reached out to Daniels’s campaign and Parker for comment.Â
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