A GoFundMe web page has been arrange by supporters of Karmelo Anthony, {the teenager} charged with homicide within the stabbing dying of Austin Metcalf, 17, in Frisco, Texas, this week.
Metcalf and Anthony had an altercation at a monitor meet on Wednesday. The sufferer was on the occasion along with his twin brother.
The crowdfunding web page that has been arrange for Anthony alleges that the suspect was “jumped” by the brothers. It additionally alleges that not less than one of many brothers knew Anthony.
The web page goes on to explain Anthony as a “respectful, well-mannered young man” with “multiple college offers” and a “4.0 student.”
“A kid with ZERO criminal history- not even a blemish. A son raised in a loving home by parents who taught him right for wrong,” the web page reads. There are two nameless donors who contributed $1,000 every to the marketing campaign.
The web page additionally addresses viral images showing to indicate Anthony with a firearm. The gun is described as being an Airsoft gun.
Meanwhile, Anthony’s lawyer, Deric Walpole, instructed NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that the suspect has maintained he’s defending himself.
“I know that my client said it was self-defense. I don’t have any reason to disbelieve that, but I need to develop facts, talk to people, and figure out what’s going on before I make any statements about what I think happened. I don’t have any reason to think it wasn’t self-defense at this time,” Walpole mentioned.
Walpole additionally mentioned that he’s searching for to cut back Anthony’s $1 million bond.
According to an e mail the principal despatched to folks Wednesday, Metcalf was an eleventh grader at Memorial High School. Anthony is enrolled at Frisco Centennial High School. It’s not instantly clear in the event that they knew one another earlier than the brawl.
Metcalf was a junior at Memorial and performed on its monitor and area and soccer groups. His father, Jeff Metcalf, mentioned Austin’s twin brother was with him on the time of the incident. He instructed NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that Anthony was sitting in his son’s seat on the monitor meet and that the assault occurred after his son raised the difficulty with the opposite teen.
After the stabbing, Metcalf’s brother, Hunter, reportedly held him as he died. Anthony has maintained that he was performing in self-defense, in keeping with studies.
“I tried to whip around as fast as I could,” Hunter Metcalf instructed WFAA, struggling to recount the story. “I looked at my brother and I’m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.”
Jeff Metcalf mentioned Hunter “was holding [Austin]trying to hold the blood in. My son watched his brother die in his arms.”
Metcalf’s grieving father instructed the broadcaster that his son “was going to turn out to be a great individual and impact this world with positivity” and mentioned he was “so proud” of the 17-year-old.
He additionally realized his household wasn’t the one one which was going to be turned the wrong way up by the assault and expressed sympathy for Anthony’s family members.
“I feel for [the suspect’s] family because now their son will end up in prison and learn that he killed someone, and he devastated and killed my son, who I can never get back. It’s unfortunate for everyone involved,” he instructed WFAA.
“I’m not trying to judge, but what kind of parents did this child have? What was he taught? He brought a knife to a track meet and he murdered my son by stabbing him in the heart,” the father said. “The guy was in the wrong place, and they asked him to move, and he bowed up [got aggressive]. This is murder.”
Despite his ache, the daddy mentioned he “already forgive[s]” Anthony.
“God takes care of things. God is going to take care of me. God is going to take care of my family,” he mentioned.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-gofundme-b2728101.html