Jury finds 17-year-old guilty of manslaughter in fatal stabbing
By Jake Anderson
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OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A jury returned a verdict in the trial of a 17-year-old accused in a fatal southwest Omaha stabbing.
Christopher DeLong Jr. was found guilty of manslaughter and was found not guilty of use of a weapon to commit a felony in the deadly beating and stabbing of Clayton McCue in 2023.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 7.
According to court documents, McCue was found badly hurt in the parking lot of the Living Faith United Methodist Church near 182nd and Q streets, blocks from Millard West High School.
McCue died after being on life support, his family told KETV NewsWatch 7.
During a previous court appearance, Omaha police detective Chad Frodyma testified that McCue confronted DeLong over learning of an alleged domestic assault at DeLong’s house. Frodyma said after a neighbor and DeLong’s father intervened, the two teens agreed to meet at a nearby parking lot via Snapchat.
McCue, who had a bat, repeatedly asked DeLong to fight, Frodyma testified.
DeLong allegedly pointed a replica gun at McCue’s head and also threatened to stab McCue during the altercation, according to testimony.
Witnesses told investigators that McCue swung the bat at DeLong first, swinging toward his hand as if he were trying to knock the gun out of his hand, but missed, Frodyma said.
Frodyma testified that DeLong then attempted to run, and McCue followed. DeLong motioned his arm in a back-and-forth movement, and then McCue fell to the ground, according to Frodyma.
McCue was stabbed in the head in front of his right ear, and an autopsy revealed that the knife severed blood vessels going to his brain, Frodyma testified.
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