Australian dies in random US drive-by One of the teens accused of the murder of Aussie baseballer Chris Lane has confessed to the killing. THE three teenagers accused of the random drive-by shooting murder of Australian baseballer Chris Lane in Oklahoma were on a "killing spree" after leaving a chilling message on Facebook, US authorities believe. Danny Ford, the chief of Oklahoma's Duncan Police Department, said the accused killers - aged 15, 16 and 17 - drove to another house to murder a second unrelated victim just hours after shooting Lane in the back and leaving him to die on the side of a road. "They wanted to be Billy Bob Badasses," Chief Ford told AAP. Lane's murder has shocked the residents of Duncan, a quiet city of 25,000 people in southern Oklahoma, and his team-mates at East Central University (ECU), where Lane, 22, won a scholarship to be the team's catcher. Chief Ford said Lane, who grew up in Melbourne north's Oak Park, was murdered on Friday afternoon when he left the Duncan home of his girlfriend, Sarah Harper, and went for a jog along Country Club Road, an upper-class area. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The three boys, in a black car, randomly spotted Lane, police allege. "They followed him," Chief Ford said. Witnesses saw Lane stumble across the road and then get down on his knees before struggling to a drainage area on the side of the road. The boys were arrested, with one allegedly confessing they murdered Lane. "Two of them did not want to talk," Chief Ford said. One of them gave the information they did do the shooting. "I know everybody thinks there has to be a reason, but I've been in this business for 30 years and there doesn't have to be a reason with these kids," the chief said. Lane and his girlfriend had only been back in the US for three days after visiting his family in Australia. "The ECU family is saddened to hear about this tragedy," Dr Jeff Williams, athletics director at Lane's college, said. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Lane family and friends. We will do everything possible to support his family and teammates during this sad time. Lane's body is expected to be flown back to Australia later this week.