The attorney representing a 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged with fatally shooting a friend in the face and then taking a selfie with his lifeless body stated in court Wednesday that the killing was an accident. Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey doesn't deny that Maxwell Morton, of Jeannette, killed 16-year-old Ryan Mangan at Mangan's home February 4. But Thomassey disputes that Morton meant to kill Mangan. He says the boys were horsing around with a loaded gun when Mangan was shot in the left eye. Scroll down for video . Maxwell Morton (left), 16, has been charged with murder in the death of Mangan (right), 16, after Mangan was found with a single gunshot wound to the face . Headed for trial: Morton, seen here being led in handcuffs into a courthouse Wednesday, was ordered to stand trial for the alleged murder . Accidental or intentional? Morton's lawyer and family insisted he and the victim were friends and there was no animosity between the two boys . During a hearing Wednesday, a police officer testified that Morton was trying to take a picture of Mangan with the cellphone aimed down the barrel of the gun before pulling the trigger. Thomassey says Morton panicked and took the selfie to send to a friend via Snapchat as 'proof' after the friend refused to believe what happened. The defense attorney said it was Mangan who brought the gun and reloaded it for Morton. What happened next, according to Tomassey, was a terrible accident. 'Obviously, there was no animus whatsoever between these two young men,' he told reporters. Morton's relatives, who attended Wednesday's hearing, sounded a similar note when asked about the deadly shooting outside the courtroom. 'It was an accident. That was his friend,' said the teenager's mother, Honey Morton, accoding to the station KDKA. Mangan's family were also in the audience but declined to speak to the press. Morton, dressed in a suit and tie, was led in handcuffs into the Westmoreland County Courthouse by a pair of officers for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, which concluded with District Judge Joseph DeMarchis ordering the 16-year-old to stand trial for first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a minor. Detective Bob Weaver testified in court that Morton had sent the selfie of Mangan's body slumped over a chair via an Xbox to a friend in Wisconsin. He also allegedly boasted that he 'got his first body, reported TribLive. Morton was identified by police after he sent a selfie on Snapchat of himself posing with Mangan's (above) body . According to authorities, when police came to interview Morton a day after the shooting, the teenager made a confession. 'I just shot him. it didn't matter, and I don't care,' he was quoted as telling the cops. Police also recovered a 9mm handgun from the basement of the boy's home, which Morton allegedly identified as the weapon used in the shooting. District Attorney John Peck said that based on the evidence and Morton's own statements, the shooting was not accidental and the suspect's actions afterwards show a 'callousness of guilt.' Morton is being held without bond pending his formal arraignment scheduled for May 20. Ryan Mangan, a junior at Jeannette High School where Maxwell Morton was also a student, was found dead around 6pm on February 4 by his mother, Rebecca Murtland. Investigators at the scene found a 9mm shell casing but a handgun was not recovered at the time. The day after Mangan was found, a mother of one of Morton's friends told police her son received a selfie on Snapchat of the victim who was sitting in a chair with a bloody wound to his face, according to the Post-Gazette. Morton's friend saved the image before it deleted itself, as Snapchat lets users send images that are removed from the recipient's phone after a few seconds. The friend's mother also said her son received messages from Morton that said: 'I told you I cleaned up the shells', 'Ryan was not the last one' and 'got my first body.' The teen was discovered by his mother in her home (above) last Wednesday evening . Mangan was a junior in high school at Jeannette High School and has been described as a fun-loving guy by friends . Following a search at Morton's home, he 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. Mangan's friends have gathered to comfort each other as they mourn his loss, and described him as a fun-loving guy who was goofy and funny. His friend Taylor Wiltrout said she just wants justice served in the case. She said: 'That would be the most important thing. That's what he would want. He would want all of us to continue on and go on like he's still here and do what we planned on doing.'
Maxwell Morton, 16, from Pennsylvania, will be tried as an adult for shooting Ryan Mangan . Mother of Morton's friend told police her son received Snapchat image of him with victim - message had Maxwell written across it . He admitted to shooting Mangan after police found 9mm handgun hidden in his house . Both teens were juniors at Jeannette High School . Morton was also charged with first-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a minor . Morton's lawyer and family said the two boys were friends and there was no bad blood between them .