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Trial of Eddie Routh, killer of Chris Kyle, will be darkest chapter of âAmerican Sniperâ Eddie Ray Routh’s booking photo. 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.
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Chris Kyle 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.
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- Former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh (left) enters the courtroom for his capital murder trial Friday in Stephenville, Texas. 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. (Paul Moseley/AP)
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âAmericanâ Sniperâ Jury Is Told of Troubled Ex-Marine Who Killed Chris Kyle STEPHENVILLE, Tex. — As Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield drove to a remote shooting range not far from this rural town outside Dallas on a February afternoon two years ago, a man they had only recently met sat in the back seat of Mr. Kyle’s truck.
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Donate to The Trace Private medical records of Chris Kyle's killer reveal the true story behind the American Sniper murder. The day before Eddie Ray Routh killed Chris Kyle, the most prolific sniper in American military history, he awoke in his childhood home and tried to get ready for work. Several months earlier the 25-year-old former Marine had moved back in with his parents in Lancaster, Texas, a small, middle-class suburb just south of Dallas.
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- Routh told one of the psychologists who testified that he shot Littlefield first, then Kyle. Littlefield was struck seven times in the back, shoulder, head and hand, with slugs from the 9mm handgun. Kyle was hit six times in the head, shoulder, chest and right arm, by bullets from the Springfield .45.
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- Michigan's thought police. The confessed killer of real-life “American Sniper” Chris Kyle wants his murder trial moved out of town in light of the movie’s incredible box-office success, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
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Who Is Chris Kyle? Meet the 'American Sniper' Played By Bradley Cooper Chris is known as the most successful sniper in American military history, with 160 confirmed kills and 255 claimed kills. Chris also received many military honors including the Bronze and Silver Star. During his time in Iraq, Chris‘ wife Taya Kyle gave birth to their son.
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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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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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Eddie Ray Routh, accused killer of Chris Kyle and other vet, shot them because 'they wouldn't talk to me': cop testimony Routh allegedly then gunned them down at the shooting range. Chris Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, hugs a supporter Friday before court is in session. (Paul Moseley/AP) Chad Littlefield, friend of Chris Kyle, was also fatally shot at the shooting range.
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'American Sniper' ending was CUT after Chris Kyle's widow begged executives to leave out scene showing sniper husband's death for the sake of their young children Scroll down for video. 1  Distraught: A final scene of 'American Sniper' showing Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's death at a rifle range was cut after the victim's wife, Taya (pictured crying in court last week) urged screenwriters to leave it out.
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âAmerican Sniperâ Jury Finds Chris Kyleâs Killer Guilty of Murder Judy Littlefield, the mother of Chad Littlefield, who was killed alongside Chris Kyle, spoke after the judge delivered a guilty verdict on Tuesday for Eddie Ray Routh in Stephenville, Tex. Publish Date February 25, 2015. Photo by Pool photo by Michael Ainsworth. Watch in Times Video ».
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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 Chris Kyle, former Navy SEAL and author of the book 'American Sniper,' was killed in 2013. (Paul Moseley/AP) Earlier in the day, a Texas Ranger testified that he found marijuana, anti-psychotic medication and an almost-empty bottle of Texas Crown Whisky in Routh’s home after the murders.
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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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Chris Kyle In his book, American Sniper, Kyle describes his longest successful shot: in 2008, outside Sadr City, he killed an insurgent sniper aiming at other members of the US military with a straight-up luck shot from his McMillan Tac-338 sniper rifle from about 2,100 yards (1,920 m) away.
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Chris Kyle 'American Sniper' was murdered on shooting range by fellow war veteran Chris Kyle 'American Sniper' was murdered on shooting range by fellow war veteran. Eddie Ray Routh was convicted after the jury in Texas deliberated for around an hour.
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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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'American Sniper' Chris Kyleâs Widow Taya Kyle on What He Was Like as Husband, Father 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle’s Widow Taya Kyle on What He Was Like as Husband, Father. While the public has come to know former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle as the most lethal sniper in U.S history, his wife, Taya Kyle, says there was another side to him that hasn’t yet been seen.
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âAmerican Sniperâ Jury Finds Chris Kyleâs Killer Guilty of Murder Reaction to ‘American Sniper’ Verdict. Judy Littlefield, the mother of Chad Littlefield, who was killed alongside Chris Kyle, spoke after the judge delivered a guilty verdict on Tuesday for Eddie Ray Routh in Stephenville, Tex. Publish Date February 25, 2015.
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American Sniper (2015) In researching the American Sniper true story, we learned that by the Pentagon's count, U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle had at least 160 confirmed kills during four tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 (TIME.com). This is the same number that is stated in the American Sniper movie.
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Trial of Eddie Routh, killer of Chris Kyle, will be darkest chapter of âAmerican Sniperâ That Kyle would be killed by a veteran who was like so many others he tried to help — troubled by war and struggling to adjust to civilian life — was a tragedy layered upon a tragedy. Kyle had answered the call from Routh’s mother to help her son, but Eddie Routh turned on him, shooting him in the back.
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- Soon, he will be one of thousands of U.S. prisoners institutionalized with serious mental health problems. The mother of Chad Littlefield, who was murdered with American Sniper Chris Kyle, spoke to members of the media after the men's killer received a sentence of life in prison.
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The fatal intersection of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and the Marine veteran who killed him Taya Kyle, the wife of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, wipes her eyes as she testifies during Eddie Ray Routh’s capital murder trial at the Erath County Donald R. Jones Justice Center, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Stephenville, Tex. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox, Pool)
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'How many lives he saved is more than how many lives he took': Father of American Sniper Chris Kyle reacts to seeing his son's life on the big screen in emotional interview Wayne Kyle is opening up about American Sniper, the film about his son Chris Kyle, and the number of men he killed. Waynes says he was approached by Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper after Hollywood bought the rights to his son's autobiography.
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Eddie Ray Routh: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know Here’s what you should know about Chris Kyle’s alleged killer: 1  1. Routh Fled in a Stolen Pickup Truck & Was Stopped with Road Spikes. Routh, 25, allegedly shot and murdered Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday while they were hanging out at a Glen Rose, Texas, gun range at the Rough Creek Lodge. Once the shootings concluded, Routh fled the scene in a pickup truck belonging to one of his victims.