Every once in a while you read something that truly shakes your faith in humanity. This would be one of those stories.
Christopher Lane was a 22-year-old baseball player for East Central University in Oklahoma. Friday, he was killed in a completely random act, according to police. Three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17 are in police custody for the slaying.
From the Associated Press:
Also, the police chief said that two of the three boys have previously been in trouble with the law.
Lane was a resident of Australia and had just returned to Oklahoma last week.
The local district attorney is expected to file first-degree murder charges Tuesday in Stephens County District Court. It's not yet known if the three individuals will be tried as juveniles or adults.
Christopher Lane was a 22-year-old baseball player for East Central University in Oklahoma. Friday, he was killed in a completely random act, according to police. Three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17 are in police custody for the slaying.
From the Associated Press:
"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: 'There's our target,'" [Duncan police chief Danny] Ford said. "The boy who has talked to us said: 'We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"
"They followed him in the car to that area, shot him in the back and drove off," Ford said.
Ford also noted that the boys said they killed Lane for "the fun of it.""They followed him in the car to that area, shot him in the back and drove off," Ford said.
Also, the police chief said that two of the three boys have previously been in trouble with the law.
Lane was a resident of Australia and had just returned to Oklahoma last week.
The local district attorney is expected to file first-degree murder charges Tuesday in Stephens County District Court. It's not yet known if the three individuals will be tried as juveniles or adults.