article_snippet.sent: Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey doesn't deny that Maxwell Morton, of Jeannette, killed 16-year-old Ryan Mangan at Mangan's home February 4.
article_snippet.sent: But Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey disputes that Morton meant to kill 16-year-old Ryan Mangan.
article_snippet.sent: Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey says the two boys were horsing around with a loaded gun when 16-year-old Ryan Mangan was shot in the left eye.
article_snippet.sent: Maxwell Morton (left), 16, has been charged with murder in the death of 16-year-old Ryan Mangan (right), 16, after 16-year-old Ryan Mangan was found with a single gunshot wound to the face .
article_snippet.sent: During a hearing Wednesday, a police officer testified that Morton was trying to take a picture of 16-year-old Ryan Mangan with the cellphone aimed down the barrel of the gun before pulling the trigger.
article_snippet.sent: The defense attorney said it was 16-year-old Ryan Mangan who brought the gun and reloaded the gun for Morton.
article_snippet.sent: Following a search at Morton's home, Ryan confessed to shooting Mangan after police found a 9mm handgun hidden under the basement steps that matched the shell casing found at the scene of the murder, according to Triblive.
highlights_snippet.sent: Maxwell Morton, 16, from Pennsylvania, will be tried as an adult for shooting Ryan Mangan .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: her son admitted to shooting Mangan after police found 9mm handgun hidden in her son house .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Morton was also charged with first-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a minor .
  