LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln teen took a plea deal on Friday for shooting and killing his brother on Christmas Eve.

According to court records, 17-year-old Kentrail McDaniel Jr. was found guilty of Manslaughter. In exchange, one count of use of a firearm to commit a felony was dropped. McDaniel Jr. is set to be sentenced on Dec. 3.

McDaniel faces up to twenty-years imprisonment.

McDaniel shot and killed his brother, 20-year-old Johnathan McCray outside of Bridgeport Apartments, near 14th Street and Hilltop Road, on Dec. 24, 2024

During the investigation, officers learned the two brothers arrived at their mother’s apartment together but in separate vehicles. As McDaniel was walking toward the apartment complex, he claimed he noticed a masked figure heading toward him, not realizin

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