The family of a student charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of another student at a track meet is "sincerely saddened" over the death, the teen's attorneys said.

Through new attorneys, Karmelo Anthony's family released its first statement on the fatal stabbing death allegedly committed by their son.

Austin, 17, died Wednesday after he was stabbed at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Witnesses told police he was stabbed after he shoved Karmelo

FRISCO, Texas - The legal team for Frisco murder suspect Karmelo Anthony will seek to lower his "excessive" $1 million bond and a new charge. Anthony, 17, was charged with murder after the stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet last week.

Karmelo Anothy was charged with murder and is being held in the Collin County jail, where his bond has been set at $1 million.

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.

The Frisco Police Department met with the Next Generation Action Network on Tuesday in an attempt to answer questions surrounding the investigation into the deadly stabbing at a track meet last week.

At the same time, local police have revealed that they are working with the FBI on a separate investigation into fake social media posts claiming to be from Frisco’s police chief

The suspect, Karmelo Anthony, is being represented by criminal defense attorneys Billy Clark and Kim T. Cole, who released their first statement about the case.