Starting a thread for this case ... as requested by Cherpa1.
Killed 'for the fun of it': Australian student visiting his girlfriend in Oklahoma is shot dead in street by three teenagersBy Stuart Woledge
PUBLISHED: 16:02 GMT, 19 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:19 GMT, 20 August 2013
- Promising baseball student gunned down after a visit to his sweetheart
- Suspected killers wanted to be 'Billy Bob Badasses,' says chief of police
- Tribute from heartbroken girlfriend says 'I love you so much babe'
- Flowers adorn the scene of the shooting that has left the town stunned

A promising Australian student, who was on a baseball scholarship in the United States, was allegedly gunned down by a gang of teenagers in what has been described as a 'senseless attack'.
Chris Lane was returning from a visit to his girlfriend's in the small town of Duncan in Oklahoma on Friday, when he was shot in the back by three teenagers and left to die in the gutter.
Chief of Duncan Police Department Danny Ford said the baseball fanatic, who was originally from Melbourne, was fired upon 'for the fun of it'.
The 23-year-old was out jogging after visiting his sweetheart Sarah Harper, who lives nearby.
Chief Ford said: 'He went by a residence where these three boys were, they picked him as a target, they went out and got in a vehicle and followed him.
'(They) came up from behind and basically shot him in the back with a small calibre weapon, then sped away.'
Witnesses saw him stumble across the road and collapse in the gutter.
According to police investigators, one of the alleged killers had left a chilling message on Facebook prior to the shooting.
It read: 'Bang. Two drops in two hours.'
The three suspects, aged 15, 16 and 17, have been arrested.
According to Sky News, the 16-year-old allegedly confessed to the killing saying it had been done 'for the fun of it'.
The three are due to face first degree murder charges, which carry a potential death penalty in Oklahoma.
Chief Ford added:'They wanted to be Billy Bob Badasses.
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