Fallin Urges Obama To Address Lane Murder
Oklahoma gov.: Would be ‘nice’ if Obama spoke on ‘thrill kill’ murder
(CNN) – Oklahoma’s Republican governor said Sunday it would be fitting for President Barack Obama to speak out on the murder of Christopher Lane, the Australian college student who was gunned down in a murder that police say was motivated only by boredom.
“I think it would be a nice gesture for him to do that, particularly since the country of Australia has expressed their sentiments as to the murder itself,” Gov. Mary Fallin said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding she herself was planning to telephone Lane’s parents when time differences between the United States and Australia allowed.
Lane, a 23-year-old baseball player who was studying in the United States, was shot last week while out jogging in Duncan, Oklahoma. Three teens were subsequently charged in his death, and police said the only apparent motive for the young men was having nothing else to do.
Police in Duncan charged 15-year-old James Edwards Jr. and Chancey Luna, 16, as adults with first-degree felony murder, and Michael Jones, 17, with accessory charges.