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Jesus fucking Christ, teens.

I mean, Jesus. A teen out of Pennsylvania allegedly took a selfie with his fucking murder victim after killing him. Then he sent it out on SnapChat. Via The Washington Post.

Authorities say 16-year-old Maxwell Marion Morton of Jeannette, Pa., fatally shot 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in the face before taking a photo with Mangan’s body and uploading it to Snapchat, a smartphone application that allows users to send images that are deleted a few seconds after they’re received, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Look if you are using SnapChat, you know the images aren’t as ephemeral as the app makes it sound. Which is exactly what happened in this case. The teen sent the image to a slightly more sane friend who tattled (rightly, I might add).

Morton sent the image to a friend, who saved it on his phone before it was deleted, according to Fox News. The friend showed the photo to his mother, who turned the image over to police.

What did the Snap look like?

[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.” 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,” according to CBS Pittsburgh.

Jesus Christ. The teen has already confessed to the crime, and the district attorney said this was the first time he’d ever experienced something like this.

Morton, a high school junior and a running back on the school’s football team, confessed to killing Mangan after police found a 9-millimeter handgun hidden in his home, according to the Tribune-Review. He has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder, homicide and illegal possession of a firearm, the Tribune-Review said. District Attorney John Peck told the Tribune-Review that during his 30-year career he’s never known of a killer who took a self-portrait with the victim.

Yea, but pretty soon all the teens will be doing it. That’s how this works.