Suspect found guilty in connection to gang-related murder of Lamar High School student in 2018

HOUSTON - One suspect, who was on trial for the gang-related murder of a Lamar High School student, has been found guilty. 

Kendrick Johnson was convicted Thursday after being charged with the murder of 18-year-old Delindsey Mack in November 2018, prosecutors said. 

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We're told Johnson is expected to be sentenced on Friday. 

Prosecutors say Keona Mouton, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, set up Mack to be shot and killed. Investigators said she walked out of school with Mack just minutes after receiving a text message asking if he'd left yet. 

Johnson sent a text to Mouton around 8 a.m. saying, "Don't say it but what we talked about yesterday is still on." 

He was charged with Mack's murder last March and reportedly belonged to a rival gang.

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Mouton’s next court appearance is scheduled for December 7.