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2 teens charged with murdering Australian baseball player just because they were 'bored': cops

Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, Australia, was found dead Friday while visiting the town of Duncan, where his girlfriend lives. Two Oklahoma teens were charged with his murder, while a third was named an accessory.

PDUNCAN, Okla. — Prosecutors filed charges against three teenagers Tuesday after police said the boys randomly targeted an Australian baseball player as he jogged and shot him in the back, killing him, to avoid the boredom of an Oklahoma summer day.

Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, died Friday along a tree-lined road on Duncan's well-to-do north side. Two teenagers, 15- and 16-year-olds from the gritty part of the town, were charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bond.

A third, age 17, was accused of being an accessory after the fact and with driving a vehicle while a weapon was discharged. He said in open court "I pulled the trigger," but the judge directed him to remain quiet and said

 

 

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D2 Errant kids!

 

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The Oklahoma police chief in charge of the investigation into the death of an Australian baseball player today revealed one of the suspects danced and laughed after they were arrested. 

 

The new jailhouse revelations came as tweets posted by one of the alleged killers emerged claiming that he ‘hated white people’ and boasting that he beat up five white people after the George Zimmerman acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case.

 

 

Suspect James Edwards 'danced and laughed' in the county jail and showed no remorse for their fatal actions, while Michael Jones, who is accused of driving the car when they shot Christopher Lane in the back admitted their role in the crime.

 

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FM
Originally Posted by TI:

he ‘hated white people’ and boasting that he beat up five white people after the George Zimmerman acquittal.

ok, so we have a 15-year old black boy (a stone cold thug, but still 15-years old) who sat in the back seat while his 2 older peers pulled the trigger and drove the getaway car in commission of heinous, random murder . . . he's acting up in court and getting all the attention

 

what's your point again antiman?

FM

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