According to news reports a 16 year old Pennsylvania teenager Maxwell Marion Morton has been accused of murdering his classmate and posting selfie pictures with the body to social media site Snapchat.
Snapchat allows users to send images that are deleted a few seconds after they’re received. Morton allegedly sent the message to a friend who to a screen shot of the photo before Snapchat deleted the message. The friend then showed the picture to their mother who reported it to area police.
“[Police] received a copy of the photo which depicted the victim sitting in the chair with a gunshot wound to the face,” a police affidavit states, according to the Tribune-Review. “It also depicts a black male taking the ‘selfie,’ with his face facing the camera and the victim behind the actor. The photo had the name ‘Maxwell’ across the top.”
According to the CBS Pittsburgh affiliate, police also say the friend received more text messages from Morton, saying: “Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one,”
Morton has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder, homicide and illegal possession of a firearm
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