Three 'bored' teens charged with murder of Australian baseball player

I am so shocked I can't shout! !!......

A promising young baseball player has been killed in Oklahoma by three "bored" teenagers, who wanted to experience what it would be like to kill someone.
Christopher Lane, 22, from Melbourne, was visiting Duncan, Oklahoma to see his girlfriend and her family, when he was shot.

A group of three teenage boys saw him walking past when they decided to kill him.

One of the culprits, 17, gave a detailed confession to police, according to the county police chief Danny Ford.

Investigators have not yet found the murder weapon.

The District Attorney is expected to file first degree murder charges early next week, although it is not known whether the group of 15-17 year olds would be charged as juveniles or adults.

Mr Ford explained: "They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: 'There's our target,'."

"The boy who has talked to us said, 'We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"

Mr Lane was a college student on a baseball scholarship, based in the US.

His girlfriend Sarah Harper, said she was devastated by his tragic murder.

"He didn't deserve any of this," she said.

"It's heartbreaking that it was such a random choice those guys made that drastically altered so many lives in the process."

Witnesses rushed to the scene and attempted CPR on Mr Lane, but he died almost immediately.

It is believed the parents of the accused have sent their condolences to Mr Lane's family in Australia, and his girlfriend.

A Facebook page in his honour has already been established, with more than 48,000 'Likes'.

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