Allie Beth Stuckey

So let's first look at the murder trial of Carmelo Anthony.

It began last week.

The 19-year-old was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

On Tuesday afternoon, after stabbing Austin Metcalf to death at a Frisco, Texas track meet in April 2025, because Carmelo was a minor at the time of the stabbing, he was 17.

The death penalty was not on the table.

There's a possibility of parole after 17 and a half years, half of his sentence.

he would be 36 and a half.

And so he could still get married, have children, which of course is much more of a future than he allowed for Austin Metcalf.

He pleaded not guilty, claiming the killing was self-defense.

And then we have that picture right there of Carmelo and the young man that he murdered, Austin Metcalf, who was also 17 when he lost his life.

So according to the arrest report, Carmelo, a Frisco Centennial High School student, was in the tent for Frisco Memorial students.

So that's a different high school in Austin.

He was a student at Frisco Memorial, asked him to leave.

They were both

at the time, Carmelo reportedly replied, touch me and see what happens.

Austin reportedly grabbed Carmelo's shoulders to move him and Carmelo pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed Austin in the chest.

Austin died at the scene in the arms of his twin brother, Hunter.

This video, this interview of Hunter Metcalf after the incident happened, it just lives on replay in my brain because of just how tragic this is.

There are reports also that when he was holding his brother, Austin, as he was bleeding out, as he was taking his final breaths, that Hunter was saying, this is my best friend.

This is my best friend.