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16-year-old confesses over Instagram to fatal shooting

A Pennsylvania teen has been charged with murder after he allegedly confessed over Instagram to fatally shooting another child, according to police.

The Bensalem Police Department received a 911 call Friday afternoon about a possible homicide, with the caller detailing an Instagram video chat she received from a friend, according to a police press release.

In the chat, the teen stated that he "had just killed someone" before flipping the camera around and showing the legs and feet of someone covered in blood, police said. He then asked for assistance with disposing the body, according to police.

The caller told police that the teen who sent the message lived at the Top of the Ridge trailer park in Bensalem, the release states. When officers arrived, the teen ran out of the back of a trailer, and he was later arrested about a mile away on Newport Mews Drive and Groton Drive, police said.

Officers who entered the trailer observed a girl on the floor of the bathroom dead from an apparent gunshot wound, according to authorities. There were also "substantial steps" taken to clean up the crime scene, investigators said.

The victim's identity and age have not been released, other than that she is a juvenile.

The suspect, 16-year-old Joshua Cooper, is being charged as an adult for criminal homicide, possessing instruments of crime and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, police said.

He attended a preliminary arraignment Friday night where he was denied bail, online court records show. It is unclear whether he entered a plea.

Cooper is being held at the Edison Juvenile Detention Center, police said. His arraignment has been scheduled for Dec. 7, according to online records.

An attorney for the teen was not listed on online court records. Instagram did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Investigators are asking anyone with more information on the case to call the Bensalem Police Department.

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by Anonymousreply 50November 30, 2022 9:35 PM

I thought he was a girl, at first.

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by Anonymousreply 1November 28, 2022 7:56 AM

What is up with all these crazy non-binaries lately? Ezra Miller, Adam Aldridge, and now this creep?

by Anonymousreply 2November 28, 2022 7:58 AM

Two words: Trailer. Park.

by Anonymousreply 3November 28, 2022 8:02 AM

Is he non-binary though? They keep referring to him as a he.

by Anonymousreply 4November 28, 2022 8:04 AM

He's a boy.

Just very young looking, and the long hair feminizes him.

Charged as an adult. Does that mean he'll go to an adult prison?

He'll be quite popular there.

by Anonymousreply 5November 28, 2022 8:06 AM

I thought it was Ezra Miller at first.

by Anonymousreply 6November 28, 2022 8:33 AM

Oh Joshua....Or Jacinda....Whatever.

by Anonymousreply 7November 28, 2022 8:50 AM

oh no....You never TELL people you killed someone. (((sigh)))).....Rookie mistake. Enjoy your prison stay.

by Anonymousreply 8November 28, 2022 8:54 AM

[quote]Charged as an adult. Does that mean he'll go to an adult prison? He'll be quite popular there.

Especially with two bonus holes in his earlobes.

by Anonymousreply 9November 28, 2022 8:56 AM

[quote] You never TELL people you killed someone

Much less, record it on video for your Instagram friends.

"Dude, I just killed someone!"

by Anonymousreply 10November 28, 2022 8:58 AM

Ugh. Ear lobe extenders = life in prison regardless.

by Anonymousreply 11November 28, 2022 9:04 AM

She is kinda cute and boyish for a lezzie. She is kinda my hero for going against her own gender. You go girl.

by Anonymousreply 12November 28, 2022 9:31 AM

I am old enough to remember when we had to just Google how to get rid of a body. This generation can't do anything without posting it on social media Fucking idiots.

by Anonymousreply 13November 28, 2022 9:44 AM

Will he be placed in an adults womens prison?

by Anonymousreply 14November 28, 2022 11:07 AM

You know I’m a boy, right?

by Anonymousreply 15November 28, 2022 11:16 AM

I knew Elliot Page would snap

by Anonymousreply 16November 28, 2022 11:17 AM

I also thought it was a girl. Girly boys are very popular inside prison.

by Anonymousreply 17November 28, 2022 2:58 PM

The only girl involved in this scenario is dead.

by Anonymousreply 18November 28, 2022 3:27 PM

The girl was 13. The gun was from his dad's safe, which was locked, but her murderer disabled the combination lock by enabling the electronic mechanism.

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by Anonymousreply 19November 28, 2022 3:32 PM

He's gonna save a fortune on dentistry.

by Anonymousreply 20November 28, 2022 3:35 PM

r5 I believe they keep him in a teen prison until he is 18 and then send him to the adult prison

by Anonymousreply 21November 28, 2022 3:37 PM

[quote] I knew Elliot Page would snap

I couldn't decide whether he was a very feminine looking boy, or an FTM trans like Elliott Page.

He's very androgynous.

by Anonymousreply 22November 28, 2022 6:43 PM

Puh-fucking-leez! It's a girl.

by Anonymousreply 23November 28, 2022 7:03 PM

Some girls have Adam’s apples.

by Anonymousreply 24November 28, 2022 7:05 PM

Is he another nonbinary murderer?

by Anonymousreply 25November 28, 2022 9:32 PM

He's got a purdy mouth.

by Anonymousreply 26November 28, 2022 11:11 PM

Top o’ the Ridge

To You!

by Anonymousreply 27November 29, 2022 12:21 AM

Why he keep snitchin on hisself?

by Anonymousreply 28November 29, 2022 12:22 AM

He's Twinkerific!

by Anonymousreply 29November 30, 2022 1:13 AM

Is that a Javelin parked in that photo? 🤍

by Anonymousreply 30November 30, 2022 1:21 AM

Oh god, if he ain’t gay, he better start stretching that hole out TONIGHT. They are gonna fuuuuck him up.

by Anonymousreply 31November 30, 2022 1:24 AM

[quote]In the chat, the teen stated that he "had just killed someone" before flipping the camera around and showing the legs and feet of someone covered in blood, police said. He then asked for assistance with disposing the body, according to police.

It is truly mind boggling to me how stupid people are. Even at 16.

I have to believe he wanted to get caught.

No one is this dumb.

by Anonymousreply 32November 30, 2022 1:26 AM

[quote] No one is this dumb.

Gen Z.

On social media.

16 years old.

Lives in a trailer park.

Has access to guns.

Yes, he really is that dumb.

by Anonymousreply 33November 30, 2022 1:27 AM

I’m surprised, considering how many of you here are either ancient or look it, that the sight of gauges rattles your cages.

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by Anonymousreply 34November 30, 2022 1:28 AM

I knew a pretty looking straight guy who went to prison. I think he got gang raped the first week. It really messed with his head. He said he would’ve willingly given up his ass if they’d have given him the opportunity. Instead, he was ambushed by a group who immediately started beating him up and fucking him. He said it went on forever. He was never the same after that. Even after getting released.

by Anonymousreply 35November 30, 2022 1:28 AM

He went to prison for robbery of some kind.

by Anonymousreply 36November 30, 2022 1:30 AM
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by Anonymousreply 37November 30, 2022 1:31 AM

I don't think that's a usual occurrence, R35.

It must have been in a hard core prison in a hard core city.

Not to mention that the guards wouldn't allow that to happen.

At least not in the way you described.

by Anonymousreply 38November 30, 2022 1:34 AM

menz always trying to invade female spaces. women get no credit

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by Anonymousreply 39November 30, 2022 1:34 AM

R35, was your friend cute? Or tiny? Or fem?

What did he look like at the time?

by Anonymousreply 40November 30, 2022 1:37 AM

The difference here is R37, is that this psycho probably would have had a chance to get away with it (the Delaware River is right there for God’s sake) had he not posted it to fucking Instagram.

by Anonymousreply 41November 30, 2022 1:39 AM

For the record---the way to get rid of a body is a shovel. Who DOESN'T know that?.. Honestly!! Kids today!! And don't even get me started on dismemberment nonsense!!. Seriously!! Who has that kind of time?

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by Anonymousreply 42November 30, 2022 3:10 AM

[quote] In the chat, the teen stated that he "had just killed someone" before flipping the camera around and showing the legs and feet of someone covered in blood, police said. He then asked for assistance with disposing the body, according to police.

Jeez. You'd think he'd be smart enough to ask Siri or Alexa that question.

Kidding aside, when I read that first I thought it was a stupid stunt, because nobody would be really that stupid. I guess I was very, very wrong.

Humanity, failed experiment, etc.

by Anonymousreply 43November 30, 2022 3:24 AM

Death penalty.

by Anonymousreply 44November 30, 2022 3:49 AM

I try to ignore the news now, because of shit like this. Disturbing as hell.

by Anonymousreply 45November 30, 2022 4:02 AM

He has a very pretty mouth.

No kidding.

by Anonymousreply 46November 30, 2022 4:03 AM

^^ he squeals like a pig too.

by Anonymousreply 47November 30, 2022 4:44 AM

I honestly believe if the internet stopped tomorrow these idiots would be leaping off buildings because they couldn't exist without their invisible friends on TikTok.

by Anonymousreply 48November 30, 2022 6:50 AM

Is that the victim at R37? She doesn’t look anywhere close to 13. Is this town built near some fountain of youth?

by Anonymousreply 49November 30, 2022 7:39 AM

Any other photos of this twink?

by Anonymousreply 50November 30, 2022 9:35 PM
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