Carmelo Anthony update: New surveillance tape, body cam video of arrest released days after sentencing
Newly released body camera footage shows Carmelo Anthony Cries to police as he is detained over stabbing Austin Metcalfe 2025 High School Track and Field Meet in Frisco, Texas. The video was included in a batch of evidence released by the Collin County Court after the trial.
Surveillance video captured the moment Metcalf was stabbed and Anthony ran away, although the stabbing was not caught on camera. reporter Sarah Fields wrote onSharing the video, “Full 15 minutes of footage. The stabbing occurs at 7 minutes and 58 seconds. You can then see Karmelo followed by a ‘spotlight.’ This was played on the first day of the trial. The prosecution called a video expert to take the stand.”
after, body camera Anthony was arrested and he admitted to stabbing him. At one point, he even confirmed that he was not the “alleged suspect,” but admitted “it was me,” TMZ reported.
Carmelo Anthony’s sentencing
Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2025 murder of Metcalf. He is accused of stabbing Metcalf to death during a rain delay at a high school track meet. Before the stabbing at Frisco Memorial High School, Metcalf reportedly asked Anthony, who is black, to leave the event because he did not attend that school. Metcalf is white.
Anthony has now been transferred to a Texas prison to begin serving his sentence. On the morning of Wednesday, June 10, he was transferred to the Wallace Park Jail near Houston, Texas, after spending the previous night in the county jail.
He filed a notice of appeal after his conviction, according to court records.
many people in defense of anthony after the incident, and give send It was launched for him. Anthony stabbed Metcalf during an alleged verbal altercation and later claimed it was self-defense. He reportedly has no previous criminal record.
