( CNN ) -- A murder charge was dropped against one of three teenagers accused of fatally shooting a college baseball player in a random `` thrill kill , '' said the district attorney 's office in Stephens County , Oklahoma . James Edwards Jr. , 17 , will now be tried as a juvenile on a charge of concealing a weapon , reported CNN affiliate KSWO . Edwards will have to testify against former co-defendants Michael Jones and Chancey Luna , who still face charges of first-degree murder . Police had said the three teens shot Chris Lane -- an Australian attending East Central University on a baseball scholarship -- in August 2013 as he was jogging in Duncan , a town of about 23,000 people located about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City . Authorities had said the three youths saw Lane passing by and shot him because `` they had nothing to do . '' Jones and Luna have pleaded not guilty . KSWO reported that no gunshot residue was present on Edwards the day of Lane 's death and that other evidence cast doubt on his involvement in the killing .
3 teens accused of fatally shooting Chris Lane , a teenager . Murder charges dropped against Michael Edwards Jr. Edwards will testify against the other two defendants . Lane was an Australian who played college football .