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Pennsylvania teen charged with murder after police find selfie he took after killing victim: report
New York Daily News ^ | February 8, 2015 | Joel Landau

Posted on 02/08/2015 12:31:59 PM PST by ConservingFreedom

A 16-year-old accused murdered was caught after taking a selfie next to the dead body, police said.

"I've never seen it before," 30-year Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It was a key piece of evidence that led investigators to the defendant."

Authorities received the selfie Maxwell Marion Morton took next to the body of Jeannette High School classmate Ryan Mangan in the victim's home. Morton was charged Friday with first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor, the newspaper reported.

He will be charged as an adult.

Mangan was shot in the face and authorities said his mother found his lifeless body in their home Wednesday.

The gruesome picture shows the victim sitting in a chair with the gunshot wound in the face, the suspect positioned his face in front of the dead body for the photo.

The name "Maxwell" was written on top of the picture, reports CBS Pittsburgh.

"Told you I cleaned up the shells" and "Ryan was not the last one" was the message sent with the picture over a text message, police said.

The allegedly incriminating selfie was posted by Morton on the social media site Snapchat. Ryan Mangan, 16, of Jeannette, Pa., was killed after being shot in the face, police said. Facebook Ryan Mangan, 16, of Jeannette, Pa., was killed after being shot in the face, police said.

The pictures are supposed to disappear within seconds, but the recipient of the deranged picture saved it and sent it to police.

Authorities interviewed the suspect, who confessed to the crime Friday, the newspaper reported.

The victim was shot with a 9-mm. handgun. Police found a 9-mm. gun in Morton's home Friday, the newspaper reported. It will be tested to determine if it is the murder weapon.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: maxwellmarionmorton; murder; pennsylvania; ryanmangan; selfie
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To: ConservingFreedom
"I've never seen it before,"

Haven't spent much time on the internet, at least the crime sites, obviously.

21 posted on 02/08/2015 1:18:26 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Menehune56; Balding_Eagle
TO MAKE IT CLEAR:

THREAD ARTICLE: "...the selfie Maxwell Marion Morton took next to the body of Jeannette High School classmate Ryan Mangan"

PHOTO'S FROM POST-7 LINK:

VICTIM:

PERP:

22 posted on 02/08/2015 1:22:29 PM PST by drpix
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To: ConservingFreedom

Obama gets away with everything. Obama’s son figured he could too.


23 posted on 02/08/2015 2:42:59 PM PST by Revel
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To: ConservingFreedom

Re charging him as an adult:

On the first-degree murder and homicide, this seems like a sound move.

On the possession of a firearm by a minor charge, isn’t there something a bit absurd about charging someone “as an adult” with a crime that by definition cannot be committed by an adult, but only by a minor?


24 posted on 02/08/2015 2:51:12 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: ConservingFreedom

another gentle giant who was just turning his life around I bet. Killed boy over skittles???


25 posted on 02/08/2015 3:02:48 PM PST by bikerman (2015 new motto--- slugs for thugs.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

In PA with that skin tone?

You wish.


26 posted on 02/08/2015 3:32:33 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Pearls Before Swine; 353FMG
Fry him as an adult.
In PA with that skin tone?

You wish.

From the article: "He will be charged as an adult."
27 posted on 02/08/2015 3:51:28 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: SoothingDave

Did this happen close to your area?


28 posted on 02/08/2015 4:04:42 PM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: The_Reader_David
In addition to what you said, nobody in the U.S. under the age of 18 can be executed, whether tried as an adult or not.
29 posted on 02/08/2015 8:31:58 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.)
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To: secret garden

Yes, this is my hometown.


30 posted on 02/09/2015 1:12:59 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: The_Reader_David

You could be 18 and not a minor to be tried, but still a minor (<21) in terms of handgun possession.


31 posted on 02/09/2015 1:14:47 PM PST by SoothingDave
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