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<h3><span style="color:#808080;"><em><strong>“Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one.”</strong></em></span></h3>
<h6> <strong><span style="color:#260202;">Pennsylvania teen, Maxwell Morton, accused of killing friend and posting selfie with dying victim on Snapchat convicted of third-degree murder</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#260202;">18-year-old Morton fatally shot and killed his classmate Ryan Mangan, 16 on January 4, 2015</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#260202;">Mangan was shot in the face, his mother found his lifeless body at their home in Jeannette, Pa.</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#260202;">Morton was charged as an adult, faced charges of first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#260202;">Avoided a first-degree murder conviction, still faces up to 40 years in prison</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#260202;">Sentencing scheduled in May</span></strong></h6>
<h6> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143155" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maxwell-morton-3.jpg" alt="Maxwell Morton 3.jpg" width="940" height="612" /><strong>After killing Ryan Mangan, Maxwell Morton [photo] sent a morbid text to another friend saying, “Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one.”</strong></h6>
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<article id="ra-body">A Pennsylvania teen accused of killing his friend and posing for a selfie with the dying victim was convicted on the lesser charge of third-degree murder.<br />
The jury in Westmoreland County rejected prosecutors&#8217; arguments that Maxwell Morton, 16 at the time, intentionally killed 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in February of 2015.<br />
Morton testified earlier Thursday that the teens were playing with a handgun in Mangan&#8217;s Jeannette home when he pointed it at his friend and pulled the trigger, believing it was not loaded.<br />
The defendant said that he and his friend were pretending to be rappers when he noticed a lump in a pillowcase, <a href="http://www.wtae.com/article/jeannette-shooting-death/8942697" target="_blank">according to WTAE</a>. It was then that Mangan displayed the gun.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ryan-mangan2.png" alt="Ryan Mangan2.png" />Ryan Mangan, 16, of Jeannette, Pa., was killed after being shot in the face</h6>
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<p>If Morton had immediately called for help after the shooting, Mangan may have survived, forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht testified, according to the station.<br />
In the selfie, Morton can be seen smiling next to Mangan. He sent the photo to someone in another state using Snapchat.<br />
Morton says he took the selfie to document what happened before he had planned to kill himself. He testified that people think that he&#8217;s a monster, but that he&#8217;s actually a &#8220;chill kind of guy.&#8221;<br />
The gruesome picture Morton posted on Snapchat and sent to ather friend of theirs 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. According to a <a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/02/06/court-documents-indicate-possible-arrest-in-jeannette-teens-death/" target="_blank">CBS Pittsburgh</a> report, the name &#8220;Maxwell&#8221; was written on top of the picture,.<a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/02/06/court-documents-indicate-possible-arrest-in-jeannette-teens-death/" target="_blank"><br />
</a>The criminal complaint alleges that the mother of the 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.<br />
Police also said the third boy received text messages from Morton saying, “Told you I cleaned up the shells” and “Ryan was not the last one.”</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143156" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maxwell-morton-2.jpg" alt="maxwell-morton-2" width="1200" height="685" />Maxwell Morton was convicted of third-degree murder, Thursday in Jan 2015 shooting of his high school classmate Ryan Mangan</h6>
<p>The allegedly incriminating selfie was posted by Morton on the social media site Snapchat.<br />
The pictures are supposed to disappear within seconds, but the recipient of the deranged picture saved it and sent it to police.<br />
Investigators found a discharged 9 mm casing in victim&#8217;s bedroom. Morton confessed to killing Mangan after police searched his home two days later and found a 9 mm handgun hidden under the basement steps. Morton was charged as an adult, faced charges of first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143153" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/killer-ryan-mangan1.png" alt="Killer-Ryan Mangan1.png" width="598" height="737" />Maxwell Morton was found guilty of fatally shooting his friend Ryan Mangan in 2015</h6>
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<p>&#8220;It was a difficult case because of what he did afterwards, in terms of the selfie and all of the other stuff,&#8221; Morton&#8217;s lawyer Pat Thomassey told WTAE. &#8220;I give the jury credit. I think they came to a reasonable conclusion based upon all of the evidence they saw.&#8221;<br />
Morton, who had been charged with first degree murder, criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor, avoided a first-degree murder conviction. He still faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced in May. Morton was charged as an adult, faced charges of first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor</p>
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Snapchat loving Pennsylvania teen, Maxwell Morton, accused of killing friend and posting selfie with dying victim on social media convicted of third-degree murder – faces up to 40 years in prison
