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Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years for first-degree murder
19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years successful authorities situation for the first-degree execution of Austin Metcalf, 17, astatine a way meet. Metcalf's begetter delivered an affectional unfortunate interaction statement. Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis affirmed that justness was served successful this tragic case.
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The nationalist absorption to Karmelo Anthony's blameworthy verdict connected Tuesday is garnering a daze question of responses online; radical are either supporting the jury's determination oregon criticizing it, successful enactment of Austin Metcalf's killer.
Anthony was charged, tried and yet convicted of execution for stabbing and sidesplitting 17-year-old Metcalf astatine a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful April 2025. He was sentenced to 35 years down bars.
Anthony, who is present 19 years old, stabbed Metcalf successful the thorax during an altercation betwixt 2 teens adjacent a squad structure astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful Frisco, Texas.
Karmelo Anthony is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf to decease during a way conscionable successful Frisco, Texas, connected April 2, 2025. (Jeff Metcalf/FOX4)
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Following Tuesday's verdict, rapper Cardi B posted connected X, "Wow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING… This is not justice, this is trying to marque an example!!!"
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The artist's station has generated 10 cardinal views with tens of thousands of impressions. Tomi Lahren, a Fox News governmental commentator and big of Outkick's "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless," responded to the station saying, "Yes, the illustration is, don't stab idiosyncratic successful the chest. Thanks for playing."
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A tribunal sketch shows Karmelo Anthony during his proceedings successful Collin County, Texas, wherever helium was convicted of execution successful the 2025 stabbing decease of Austin Metcalf connected June 9, 2026. (Pat Lopez)
Others person besides weighed successful connected the post. Matt Van Swol, a idiosyncratic with much than fractional a cardinal followers, replied: "I know… It’s like, 'Damn, Black radical cant stab immoderate White radical to decease anymore and not spell to situation conscionable due to the fact that they are Black.' Devastating."
Rival crowds chant extracurricular the courthouse during Karmelo Anthony's trial. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Zeek Arkham, a erstwhile New York Police Department serviceman and existent big of "Reasonable Suspiscion" podcast, replied: "'Trying to marque an example?' Yes, Cardi…stabbing radical is bad. We should marque stabbing radical arsenic unattractive arsenic possible. Might origin radical to deliberation earlier they stab someone. Thanks… I think?"
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Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree execution successful the stabbing decease of Texas way prima Austin Metcalf. (FOX 4)
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