what happened to the man who shot chris kyle
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Jury in âAmerican Sniperâ trial finds Eddie Ray Routh guilty of killing Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield You’re all set! Eddie Ray Routh, the man who killed “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and his friend in a rifle range rampage, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Routh, 27, was convicted Tuesday night of first-degree murder in the Feb. 2, 2013, killings of former Navy SEAL Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35.
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Chris Kyle's Widow Talks Dating: 'I'm Not Saying It's Impossible' 3:13 PM EDT, May 6, 2015. Taya Kyle, the widow of decorated war hero Chris Kyle, who wrote a bestselling autobiography and whose story was seen by millions in the Oscar winning film, American Sniper, is opening up in a memoir about what it was like living through the tragedy of Chris’s death in 2013.
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- Splash News Online; Paul Moseley/Getty. While American Sniper is earning Oscar nominations and setting box-office records, the man accused of killing Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL played by Bradley Cooper in director Clint Eastwood’s film, faces trial for Kyle’s murder in just a few weeks.
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Former Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle shot dead at Texas gun range A former Navy Seal who went on to write a bestselling book chronicling his life as the US's most prolific marksman has been shot dead at a gun range in Texas. Police said Sunday that the body of Chris Kyle was found by officers responding to an incident at the Rough Creek Lodge in Glen Rose the previous evening.
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- Again, like he did last year with American Hustle. Also, do your research on the person Cooper played in American Sniper and then do the talking. Chris Kyle is also a world champion liar. Said he killed dozens of people during Katrina.
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Witness: Man who killed Chris Kyle said he did it because 'they wouldn't talk to me' Witness: Man who killed Chris Kyle said he did it because 'they wouldn't talk to me'. Published February 14, 2015. FoxNews.com. A key prosecution witness told a Texas jury Friday that he overheard a former Marine say he shot Chris Kyle after the American Sniper hero ignored him.
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Eddie Ray Routh, accused killer of Chris Kyle and other vet, shot them because 'they wouldn't talk to me': cop testimony Routh, 27, of Lancaster, is charged with the 2013 deaths of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range. The deranged man charged with killing “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and another vet said he gunned them down because “they wouldn’t talk to me,” it was revealed Friday. In dramatic testimony at Eddie Ray Routh’s double murder trial, a Texas jail deputy testified that he heard Routh say, “I shot them because they wouldn’t talk to me.”.
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- Eddie Ray Routh is a suspect in the shooting and killing of former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle. (REUTERS/Erath County Sheriff’s Office/Handout) Routh, a former Marine, fled and was later arrested at his home outside Dallas, where cops retrieved the semiautomatic handgun used to kill both men.
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Chris Kyle Kyle left the U.S. Navy in 2009 and moved to Midlothian, Texas, with his wife, Taya, and two children. He was president of Craft International, a tactical training company for the U.S. military and law enforcement communities. In 2012, HarperCollins released Kyle's autobiographical book American Sniper.
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'American Sniper' Chris Kyle's Record Under Fire, But Is It a Memorial Day Rush to Judgment? The New York Daily News proclaimed “American Sniper Chris Kyle lied about his military accomplishments, Navy SEALS knew, chose not to correct it.” Likewise, The Guardian asserted “American Sniper hero Chris Kyle lied about medal tally.”.
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Chris Kyle Christopher Scott Chris Kyle (April 8, 1974 − February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL veteran and sniper. Kyle served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He was awarded one Silver Star Medal, four Bronze Star Medals with V devices, a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and numerous other unit and personal awards. Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009 and published his bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, in 2012. An eponymous film adaptation of Kyle's book, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released two years later. On February 2, 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. A former Marine with PTSD, Routh was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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How Accurate IsAmerican Sniper? Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was killed at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, while attempting to help fellow veteran Eddie Ray Routh. He had gained notoriety during the Iraq war—with 160 confirmed kills out of a possible 255, Kyle remains the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history.
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Former SEAL Chris Kyle Allegedly Killed by Former Marine He Was Trying to Help Witnesses told police that Routh left the shooting scene in Kyle's pickup truck. He drove to his sister's home in Midlothian and when he allegedly told her and her husband that he had shot the two men, the couple called police.
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- A frantic 911 call details the aftermath of the murder of American Sniper, Chris Kyle. The call comes from the suspect's sister and brother-in-law. Eddie Ray Routh is accused of killing Chris Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield. (Jorge Ribas, Kate M. Tobey and Julio C. Negron/The Washington Post)
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Veterans on Trial: After Chris Kyleâs Death On the night of February 2, 2013, Routh admitted, he had killed two men at a rifle range southwest of Dallas. The victims—a former Navy SEAL named Chris Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield—had brought Routh, an ex-Marine who was suffering from symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, to the range. Routh turned his gun on them.
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How Did Chris Kyle Die? 5 Fast Facts Before The 'American Sniper' Murder Trial Here are five facts to know about the killing before the trial begins Feb. 11: 1. Eddie Ray Routh, then 25, shot and killed Chris Kyle, 38, and his friend Chad Littlefield on Feb. 2, 2013, at a shooting range in Erath County, Texas. Kyle often took veterans, such as Routh, out on shooting ranges to work with them and help them cope with PTSD and related problems.
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Eddie Ray Routh, accused killer of Chris Kyle and other vet, shot them because 'they wouldn't talk to me': cop testimony Cole said Routh made the admission in June 2013 — four months after he opened fire on Kyle and Chad Littlefield at a shooting range outside of Ft. Worth. Chris Kyle, former Navy SEAL and author of the book 'American Sniper,' was killed in 2013.
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"""American Sniper"" Chris Kyle, Chad Littlefield Were Armed When Shot, Killed: Ranger" Receive the latest local updates in your inbox. Thursday afternoon, jurors heard police testimony and saw video of police chasing Eddie Ray Routh the night famed Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed at the Rough Creek Lodge and Resort in 2013.
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Here's Why American Sniper Doesn't Show Chris Kyle's Death “It’s a fair question, but this was about Chris’s life, and it was also a movie that involves his kids.”. Still, he and the film’s other collaborators – including director Clint Eastwood and star Bradley Cooper – did consider including Chris’s murder in the final cut, Hall told the New York Daily News. “We talked about putting it in,” Hall said.
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Former Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle shot dead at Texas gun range Former Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle shot dead at Texas gun range. A former Navy Seal who went on to write a bestselling book chronicling his life as the US's most prolific marksman has been shot dead at a gun range in Texas. Police said Sunday that the body of Chris Kyle was found by officers responding to an incident at the Rough Creek Lodge in Glen Rose the previous evening.
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Former SEAL Chris Kyle Allegedly Killed by Former Marine He Was Trying to Help Apparently Mr. Kyle works with people that are suffering from some issues that have been in the military and this shooter is possibly one of those people, that he had taken out to the range to mentor, to visit with, to help him, you know, that's all I can tell you, said Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant.
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Trial of Eddie Routh, killer of Chris Kyle, will be darkest chapter of âAmerican Sniperâ Eddie Ray Routh barely knew Chris Kyle when he shot and killed the famed Navy SEAL sniper on a remote Texas shooting range on Feb. 2, 2013. Routh, who admitted to police that he killed Kyle and the marksman’s friend Chad Littlefield, will have his day in court early next month. By then, news of Kyle’s life, his “unverifiable” legacy and his tragic death will have already ricocheted around the world, thanks to the box office hit “American Sniper.”.
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Man who killed 'American Sniper' sent to Texas prison psychiatric unit By Jon Herskovitz. AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The man convicted last month of murdering former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whose best-selling autobiography was turned into the movie American Sniper, has been transferred to Texas prison psychiatric unit, officials said on Wednesday.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'He'd rather take the death penalty than sit behind those bars forever.' Father of veteran who killed American Sniper Chris Kyle tells how he is already mourning the loss of his own son Ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield at a shooting range where they were trying to help him tackle his PTSD. Routh will go on trial in February shortly after full release of American Sniper, the movie tipped for Oscars which tells story of Kyle's life.
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Americaâs Deadliest SEAL Sniper Chooses His Family That day still haunts Chris Kyle. “I just sat down, put my back up against the wall, curled my knees up to my chest, put my head in my knees and started bawling,” he said. “It felt like I lost a family member.”. It’s the day he regrets most in his SEAL sniper career.
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- Eddie Ray Routh during his capital murder trial in Stephenville, Texas. The man who killed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. Based on what we know about former Marine Eddie Ray Routh, it is not hard to figure out how that might go.