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The 17-year-old told the jury that several team members told Anthony he should not be there. He said Austin was standing, and everyone else was sitting. He recalled the encounter getting more aggressive, saying Anthony refused to leave and told Austin, "touch me and find out." He described both Metcalf and Anthony getting angry.
"Did anyone try to gang up, mob up on him to get out of the tent?" Wirskye said.
"No, sir," the witness said.
The witness said there was "minor pushing at most" and that it lasted about two minutes. He agreed that Austin took the lead in trying to get Anthony out of the tent. He said he took "touch me and find out" as Anthony trying to escalate the situation and provoke Austin into starting a fight, and that Austin did not want to fight, but Anthony refused to leave.
The 17-year-old testified that Austin leaned in to push Anthony and that Anthony stabbed him. He said he saw the stabbing but not the knife, and that the knife came from a backpack in Anthony's lap. According to the witness, Anthony had his hands in his backpack, and everyone thought he was bluffing.
The witness said in the moments after the stabbing, Anthony threw the knife and ran down the bleachers and onto the track. Austin fell down the bleachers onto his back, then got up and leaned against the guard rail, where he lifted his shirt. The witness said Austin's chest was bloody and that he looked scared.
The witness agreed with the prosecution that Hunter was not involved in the incident and that no one "ganged up" on Anthony.
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