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Teen, charged with killing another, took 'selfie' with body, court papers say
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A Jeannette teenager fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate in the face and took a picture with the body, which police used to charge him with the killing, according to court papers.
Maxwell Marion Morton, 16, is being held without bail in the Westmoreland County juvenile detention center on charges of first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor in connection with the death of Ryan Mangan.
Morton, who was arraigned Friday, is charged as an adult.
Mangan's mother found him Wednesday in their Rankin Avenue home. He had been shot once in the face, authorities said.
Police said the photo they received shows Mangan as he was found at the crime scene.
A selfie of a suspect with a dead victim is a first for county District Attorney John Peck, who has been a prosecutor for more than 30 years.
“I've never seen it before,” Peck said, “but it was a key piece of evidence that led investigators to the defendant.”
Police said Morton sent the selfie by using SnapChat, an application for smartphones that allows users to send photo messages that disappear from the recipient's phone within a few seconds. But the boy who received the photo saved it before the message deleted itself, according to a police affidavit to support the charges. The recipient's mother contacted Westmoreland County 911.
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