Police chief: 'We're so sorry it happened to Christopher Lane' Christopher Lane appears in a photograph for a local newspaper. Oklahoma police chief Danny Ford. POLICE chief Danny Ford has seen execution-style killings and "some pretty brutal stuff" in his time as a law enforcement officer in Duncan, Oklahoma. "But nothing like this, where there's no connection between the victim and the killers," he said to news.com.au overnight of the random drive-by shooting of Australian baseball player Chris Lane. Authorities allege 22-year-old Mr Lane, who had a scholarship with an Oklahoma college and was visiting his US girlfriend Sarah Harper in Duncan, was jogging along Country Club Road when he was shot in the back in a random drive-by shooting. James Edwards, 15, and Chancey Luna, 16, have been charged with first degree murder and Michael Jones, 17, with accessory to the murder of Mr Lane. They are evil, yeah I'll go with evil. They have no feelings for anyone, could not care less," he said. One thing's for sure, someone was going to die that day, whether it was a kid riding a bicycle or someone mowing their lawn. We are so sorry it happened to Christopher Lane. Chief Ford told news.com.au that at some point after lunchtime, on Camelback Road in Duncan, a mule in the yard of a property was killed with several rounds fired from a shotgun. He could not confirm if it was linked to Mr Lane's shooting. But, 4km up the road, a few minutes away by car, Mr Lane was preparing to go out for a jog. The black Ford turned and headed towards Country Club and Twilight Beach roads, which border the affluent area of the town where Mr Lane was staying with his girlfriend. "They saw him jog by and they followed him," Chief Ford said. We are talking about people here who will kill you quick, no matter who you are, they have no value for your life. They approached him from behind. They targeted him and they shot him in the back. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It could have been anyone. And then they took off in time for one of them to appear at the juvenile charges hearing he had at the court house. He made sure he was right on time. Sarah Harper, the girlfriend of Chris Lane, pictured in the back yard of the Harper family home where Lane also lived. Duncan, a normally quiet community known for its pretty crepe myrtle trees, Oklahoma prairie and rich farmland, is a town shattered. Some townsfolk are calling for the electric chair for those charged, a relative of one of the accused has been charged with threatening white people and Chief Ford has increased security at the town's schools. "There have been threats made by some of the friends of these individuals and so we have restricted free movement of persons in and out of the schools as a precaution," he said. Duncan's crime statistics usually equate to petty larceny, simple assault, drugs and drunkenness. The town, which lies about 150km southwest of the state capital, Oklahoma City, is a predominantly white population with black and Hispanic minorities and, Chief Ford said, "it's only one half of one per cent of people from all backgrounds who have gone bad." This picture was posted on the Facebook page of girlfriend Sarah Harper with the message: "I love you Christopher Ryan Lane. Chief Ford had the difficult task of calling Mr Lane's father, Peter Lane. "We told him about Chris and we said we had a problem," he said. A witness had seen a black car turn from the street where Chris was shot towards the US highway and we got some video of the car from businesses along there. But that was it. The trail had gone cold. Then around 7.05pm we got the 911 call from the east side of town saying there were three juveniles with guns and they were trying to kill someone. Chief Ford said the trio's desire to continue on their killing spree ended in a parking lot. Duncan man James Johnson has spoken with the media about how the teenagers threatened his son Christopher's life. The Immanuel Baptist Church parking lot in Duncan, Oklahoma, where the three accused of killing Christopher Lane last Friday were apprehended. Photo: Andrew Quilty Source: Supplied Detectives attended the scene and brought Edwards, Luna and Jones back to the country jailhouse, where Edwards "danced and laughed." "In his words it was no big deal," Chief Ford said. Jones told us straight away, 'yeah, we did it', but that's all we got from him on Friday night. He didn't say anything for a while after, then on Sunday we got a call from the jailhouse that he had something to tell us. You know everybody has guns here, but nobody runs around with guns for anything other than killing skunks (who attack their farm) chickens. But then these people steal guns and do this. It's such a lousy thing. The father of one of them admitted to us that the boys were bored, simple as that. With tensions following the arrests running high, a female relative of one of the accused has been charge with a misdemeanour after she threatened to "kill all you white mother f---ers" in the Duncan court house. Duncan assistant District Attorney Greg Steward said Mr Lane's murder had affected what was "normally a quiet town." "We don't have a lot of violent crime here," Mr Steward said. We might have had four or five homicides over the last three years, and this type of homicide, a particularly random act is very unusual. Mr Steward witnessed the defendant Edwards laughing as he was booked into the jailhouse. I haven't seen that. Usually they're quiet, or angry. He was really making light of it but then when they got to court, Jones didn't fully cry but he was upset," he said. Their demeanour now? I'd say they're sullen. They're in a jailhouse with about 170 others. They'll be staying there at least until October when we have the preliminary hearing. Depending on what happens there and whether they plead guilty I'd say we wouldn't be going to trial until October next year. Jeff Williams, director of athletics at East Central University, prepares to talk about Christopher Lane during an interview at the baseball field. Lane was on a baseball scholarship. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Source: Supplied