Snapchat selfie unmasked Pittsburgh killer, police say
- Maxwell Marion Morton, 16
- Auto-deletes content after a few seconds - to send an image to a friend
- 16-year-old Ryan Mangan, was a classmate of Maxwell Marion Morton
- Users are alerted when someone takes a screen capture of a message.
The suspect used Snapchat - an app that auto-deletes content after a few seconds - to send an image to a friend.
The friend took a screenshot and his mother contacted police. Prosecutors said the Snapchat was "key evidence".
"[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 Pittsburgh 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."
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