Teen kills 12-year-old, shows acquaintance her body on Instagram video chat, US cops say

Officers learned from a 911 call that Cooper was video chatting a friend on Instagram when she said she’d killed someone, prosecutors said. During the video call, she ‘flipped’ the camera and showed the body of a 12-year-old girl ‘covered in blood’, officials said. — AFP

An 18-year-old will go to prison after being accused of fatally shooting a girl with her father’s gun in 2022, Pennsylvania officials said and news outlets reported.

Ash Cooper pleaded guilty to murder, possession of an instrument of crime and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, according to a March 21 news release by the Bucks County district attorney.