OMAHA, Neb. —

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 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.

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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

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