Chancey Luna Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder Of Australian Athlete, Apologizes

The Duncan teen charged with killing an Australian baseball player has been found guilty of Murder in the First Degree.

The jury needed just more than an hour to decide 17-year-old Chancey Luna was guilty for the First Degree Murder of Christopher Lane.

Luna may now spend life in prison with out parole.

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The victim's mom described the verdict in one word -- pleased.

While the entire Lane family seemed pleased with the verdict, they also realized the jury's decision is not the end all for them.

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But this was the end to Chancey Luna's freedom for a long time. As he walked to his cell all he had to say was, "I'm sorry."

He was likely sorry for the murder of 22-year-old Christopher Lane on Aug. 16, 2013.

Luna was riding in the car with two other teens, Michael Jones and James Edwards Jr. when Luna fired a single shot at Lane while he was jogging on a Duncan road.

In closing arguments, the state told jurors planning a murder can happen an instant before the act is committed. The state said Luna did that by sticking his arm out the window to shoot Lane in the back.

The defense argued Luna fired the gun without a plan and was a horrible judgment call.

One thing was for sure; the Lane family will now go home to Australia, knowing the man who killed their Christopher is behind bars.

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News 9 spoke with the Luna family and Chancey's grandfather told us as of right now they plan to file an appeal.

The other two men charged in this case.

Michael Jones pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and is serving life in prison.

James Edwards, who testified against Luna, has been charged with Accessory after the Fact.