Boy Uses Snapchat In Back Of Squad Car To Tell Friend "Not To Snitch" After Killing 16-Year-Old With Shotgun

Story out of Bridgeport, Illinois:

A boy charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Bridgeport last week admitted to the killing in a Snapchat video sent from the back of a squad car after he was arrested, prosecutors said.

Anthony Mendoza, 17, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his friend Christian Bandemer, 16, who was shot in the chest.

Police initially said the shooting might be accidental, as Bandemer was with a friend and a cousin who were showing him a shotgun before it went off.

But Assistant State's Attorney Anna Sedelmaier said in court Sunday that Mendoza should have known there was a strong possibility of killing someone with the gun, that he was the only one in the room with Bandemer when the gun went off and that he told the 20-year-old cousin “not to snitch” about the shooting. Cont.

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