A teenager who just turned 16 is expected to be charged as an adult with second-degree murder after another boy of the same age died at the hospital from a brutal stabbing. The court in Omaha, Nebraska, scheduled a hearing to take place Dec. 20 to make official the homicide case against Christopher DeLong Jr., 16, according to local NBC affiliate WOWT.
The father of victim Clayton McCue, 16, told Omaha ABC affiliate KETV that a fight started near the home of Clayton’s girlfriend. The fight then moved to a church parking lot. His son was jumped, kicked and stabbed in the neck, he told the outlet. Other reporting describes the teenager as having sustained a stab wound in the head or a bad head injury in the Nov. 8 incident.
Christopher DeLong Jr., pictured here in court, fatally stabbed Clayton McCue, authorities said. (Screenshot: KETV)
McCue was reportedly found in the parking lot of the Living Faith United Methodist Church. He ended up on life support, and on Friday, family said his organs were donated. McCue’s mother described the slain teenager as an angel, selfless and giving, according to WOWT. Recipients were waiting for his heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver.
Friday also marked DeLong’s 16th birthday. In addition to second-degree murder, prosecutors want to charge him with use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. He was initially charged as an adult with first-degree assault and using a weapon to commit a felony.
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