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Showing Original Post only (View all)Baseball Player Killed Because Kids "Were Bored" [View all]
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9583091/baseball-player-killed-kids-were-boredAn Australian man attending an Oklahoma college on a baseball scholarship was shot and killed in what police described Monday as a random act of violence by three "bored" teenagers who decided to kill someone for the fun of it.
Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, was found dead Friday while visiting the town of Duncan, where his girlfriend and her family live. Three boys, ages 15, 16, and 17, are in custody and face a court appearance Tuesday afternoon.
Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said Monday a woman called 911 after she saw Lane stagger across the road and fall to the ground in the south-central Oklahoma town of about 24,000 residents. Ford said Lane, who was staying with his girlfriend and her family in Duncan, had jogged past a home where the three boys were staying. He said the shooting appeared to be completely random.
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"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: 'There's our target,'" 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.'"
Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, was found dead Friday while visiting the town of Duncan, where his girlfriend and her family live. Three boys, ages 15, 16, and 17, are in custody and face a court appearance Tuesday afternoon.
Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said Monday a woman called 911 after she saw Lane stagger across the road and fall to the ground in the south-central Oklahoma town of about 24,000 residents. Ford said Lane, who was staying with his girlfriend and her family in Duncan, had jogged past a home where the three boys were staying. He said the shooting appeared to be completely random.
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"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: 'There's our target,'" 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.'"
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IMO that reply is mostly a casting about for a rationale...as was the post it is pointed at
HereSince1628
Aug 2013
#13
Nothing to apologize for, really. Understanding why people make hasty generalizations
HereSince1628
Aug 2013
#106
But, what are the odds of having 3 of these kids hanging out together? Do they attract each other?
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2013
#43
I've seen more bullshit shooting scenarios than that defended here and elsewhere
Blue_Tires
Aug 2013
#139
So the gun is responsible, just like the bomb was responsible in the Boston marathon bombing?
rl6214
Aug 2013
#54
It was "Bang Pt. 2 drops in two hours" - referencing the Chief Keef album release
oberliner
Aug 2013
#65
You know, I think that's exactly wrong. It wasn't a hate crime, it was a crime of apathy.
1-Old-Man
Aug 2013
#34
The NY Post is running photos. Wouldn't be the 1st time they got it wrong, but...
cigsandcoffee
Aug 2013
#73
One of the shooters was a blue-eyed white boy. He was the oldest of the three
Number23
Aug 2013
#109
They clearly aren't "raising" their children. Producing children is one thing;
LeftinOH
Aug 2013
#67
Let's see...sixty times three............180 years of boredom behind bars: coming right up.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2013
#82