JEANNETTE (KDKA) — A teen has been arrested and charged in the murder of a Westmoreland County teenager, and allegedly sent a photo of the dead teen to another person after the shooting. 
 
 According to court documents, 16-year-old Maxwell Morton was taken into custody and is now facing criminal homicide charges. 
 
 Ryan Mangan, 16, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home in Jeannette of Wednesday evening. Police say he had been shot in the face. 
 
 Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck said earlier in the week that the investigation was centering on those who knew the boy and might have been with him earlier in the day. Peck says the shooting didn’t appear to be “random” but wouldn’t say why investigators believe that. 
 
 The criminal complaint also says that the mother of a third boy says her son received a Snapchat photo from Morton, which shows Morton in the photo with the victim after he had been shot in the face. The criminal complaint describes it as a “selfie.” The photo apparently also had the name “MAXWELL” written across the top. 
 
 Police also say the third boy received text messages from Morton saying, “Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one.” 
 
 Friends say dealing with the tragedy has been difficult. 
 
 “Definitely makes it harder, not being able to know what really happened,” said friend Jimmy Malik. “Not being able to ask him and not being able to talk to him.” 
 
 Morton has been charged with first degree murder, criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor. 
 
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 Authorities say Maxwell Marion Morton took the picture after killing high school junior Ryan Mangan, 16, on Wednesday in Mangan’s home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Jeannette. 
 
 The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said Saturday that according to a police affidavit Morton sent the selfie to a friend who turned it over his mother. She, in turn, gave it to police. 
 
 The affidavit also said that Morton sent the friend several messages including one that said, “Told you I cleaned up the shells,” and another that said, “Ryan was not the last one,” the newspaper reported. 
 
 “(Police) received a copy of the photo which depicted the victim sitting in the chair with a gunshot wound to the face,” the newspaper quoted the affidavit as saying. “It also depicts a black male taking the ‘selfie’ with his face facing the camera and the victim behind the actor.” 
 
 The affidavit went on to say that across the top of the selfie was the name “Maxwell.” 
 
 The Tribune-Review said the selfie showed Mangan as he was found dead at the scene. 
 
 Authorities said Morton confessed to shooting Mangan with a 9 mm handgun that was found in the basement of Morton's home. 
 
 Morton was being held without bail after his arraignment on a first degree murder charge and other charges. He is being charged as an adult. 
 
 Morton and Mangan were students in the Jeannette City School District, the newspaper said. ||||| Although officials have not described a motive in the shooting death of a Jeannette teen Wednesday, the young man charged with murder in the case is said by police to have paused to take a phone camera self-portrait of himself and the victim after the shooting and sent it to another young man. 
 
 Maxwell Marion Morton, 16, of Jeannette was charged with murder Friday night in the death of Ryan Mangan, 16, also of Jeannette. Westmoreland County detectives and Jeannette police charged Maxwell with criminal homicide, first-degree murder and illegally possessing a 9 mm handgun. He was arraigned before District Judge Joseph R. DeMarchis of Jeannette, was denied bail and is being held in the county jail. A preliminary hearing is set before before Mr. DeMarchis Feb. 19. 
 
 Ryan died of a single gunshot wound, according to the Westmoreland County coroner's office. He was found in his home about 6 p.m. Wednesday, and an autopsy was performed by forensic pathologist and former Allegheny County coroner Cyril Wecht on Thursday. 
 
 The investigating officers’ affidavit outlines what they believe happened: 
 
 Rebecca Murtland, Ryan’s mother, first contacted police at about 6 p.m. Wednesday saying she had found her son dead, with a gunshot wound in the face. A detective found a 9 mm shell casing at the scene, but no gun. Also found on the victim’s phone was a photo of himself holding a semiautomatic handgun, police said. 
 
 On Thursday, a woman told police her son had a copy of a Snapchat photo sent from the accused. Jeannette Sgt. Donald Johnston saw the photo, depicting the wounded victim in the chair as found by his mother. It also depicted a young man taking a “selfie” with the victim in the background. The photo had the name “MAXWELL” across the top and the young man was identified by Sgt. Johnston as Maxwell Morton. 
 
 The woman also said her son received messages from Maxwell, stating, “Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one.” The investigating officers said the photo depicts the victim as he was found at the crime scene. 
 
 After a search warrant was served at Morton’s home, a 9 mm handgun was found in the basement under the steps. Police said after being advised of his rights with his parents present, the young man confessed to using that gun to shoot Ryan Mangan, “leaving the victim dead in his room.”
– A Pennsylvania teenager is behind bars after allegedly shooting a classmate in the head and taking an incriminating selfie of himself with the body, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. According to court papers, 16-year-old Maxwell Morton sent the image to a friend via SnapChat, an app that deletes messages after a few seconds—but that friend saved the photo right away. And "the photo had the name 'Maxwell' across the top," says a police affidavit. Morton is also accused of sending text messages about the 16-year-old victim, Ryan Mangan, that read, "Told you I cleaned up the shells" and "Ryan was not the last one." Morton reportedly confessed to the killing after police found a 9mm pistol tucked away under his basement stairs in Jeannette, Pa. But his motive isn't clear, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes. "His name's never out there for being bad. I'm shocked," says a mom whose son was best friends with Morton; she suspects an accidental shooting. Her son tells CBS Pittsburgh that it "definitely makes it harder, not being able to know what really happened. Not being able to ask him and not being able to talk to him." A professor in California puts the selfie down to "criminal pathology rather than technology," saying criminals like "validating their power and self of self-importance" by bragging about their deeds. Morton was arraigned Friday on murder and other charges as an adult, and held without bail, Fox News reports.