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Title: Texas man arraigned on murder charges in shooting of "American Sniper"
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Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013 ... e-sniper-idUSBRE91202K20130203
Published: Feb 3, 2013
Author: Barbara Goldberg
Post Date: 2013-02-03 22:55:47 by yukon
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Comments: 30
Texas man arraigned on murder charges in shooting of "American Sniper" Sun Feb 3, 2013 2:53pm EST (Reuters) - The man accused of gunning down former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, a prominent military sniper, and a second man at a Texas shooting range has been arraigned on two counts of capital murder, the Texas Department of Public Safety said on Sunday. Eddie Ray Routh, 25, was accused of killing Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35, a neighbor of Kyle, on Saturday afternoon at the Rough Creek Lodge, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth, the department said. "They were shot at close range," said department spokesman Sergeant Lonny Haschel said. Kyle, considered one of America's deadliest snipers after killing 160 people during his career as U.S. Navy SEAL sniper, wrote the book "American Sniper" about his military service from 1999 to 2009. Routh, described in local media reports as a former Marine who suffered from post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), was arrested at his Lancaster, Texas home several hours after the shooting, having led police on a chase in his pickup truck. "He was taken into custody after a brief pursuit," Haschel said. According to a posting on a website run by members of the Special Operations Forces community, Kyle had been volunteering his time to help Marine Corps veterans suffering from PTSD and mentoring them. "Part of this process involved taking these veterans to the range," said the posting on SOFREP.com. WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth reported that the two men had taken Routh to the shooting range for the day to help him deal with his PTSD. Routh was arraigned at the Lancaster municipal jail on Saturday on two counts of capital murder, a spokesman for the department of public safety said. The Erath County Sheriff's Office planned a news conference later on Sunday. "It just comes as a shock and it's staggering to think that after all Chris has been through, that this is how he meets his end, because there are so many ways he could have been killed" in Iraq, Scott McEwen, who wrote the book with Kyle, told Reuters. Kyle served four combat tours of duty in Iraq and elsewhere, and he won two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars for bravery, according to his book. After leaving the Navy, Kyle founded Craft International, a firm that provided combat and weapons training to military, police, corporate and civilian clients. Kyle is the co-author of another book coming out in May titled "American Gun - A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms." In the wake of the slayings of 20 children and six adults at a school in Newtown, Connecticut in December, Kyle was interviewed in January about rising calls for curbing U.S. gun violence. He told the website guns.com he favored arming teachers who have been screened and trained and spoke against restrictions on gun owners. (Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Will Dunham)
Poster Comment: The picture of the punk at the link says it all.
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#1. To: yukon, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
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Eddie Ray Routh is pictured in this booking photo provided by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office. Routh is a suspect in the shooting and killing of former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle. REUTERS/Erath County Sheriff’s Office/Handout The D&R progressive neocons ordered the hit because Kyle refused DHS orders to fire on Americans. The sheriff is trying to get hitman Routh off on an insanity plea. He’s been charged with murdering Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S military history but who is Eddie Ray Routh and what made him allegedly turn his gun on one of the countries’ most decorated Iraq war heroes? Routh is accused of killing both Kyle, a retired Navy Seal and author of the best-selling American Sniper, and his neighbor, Chad Littlefield, at the posh Rouge Creek Lodge gun range near Glen Rose, Texas. Now RadarOnline.com is looking at new details about the man behind bars. War Veteran PTSD Mentally Ill Unemployed Family man Criminal record Routh was arraigned early Sunday on two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Kyle, 38 and Littlefield, 35. He is being held in a cell by himself with police “watching him closely.”
#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
You're as mentally unstable as the lunatic that committed the murders, retread.
The sheriff is trying to get hitman Routh off on an insanity plea. Just out of curiosity,do you really believe that shit yourself,or are you just having a little fun with the rubes?
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http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/02/who-is-eddie-ray-routh-suspected-killer-of-american-sniper-chris-kyle/
The U.S military confirmed on Sunday that 25-year-old Routh was a corporal in the Marines and served actively from 2006 to 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 and Haiti in 2010.
He has reportedly been suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following his last tour of duty and Kyle and Littlefield were at the shooting range trying to help him with his PTSD. Authorities said during a news conference on Sunday afternoon that Routh’s mother may have reached out to Kyle to help her son with his problems.
Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant has suggested Routh was mentally ill. “He may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself,” he said. He was a Marine for four years. There may have been complications from that but we don’t know for sure.”
Routh is currently unemployed and his status with the military is listed as reserve.
Routh has a sister who was the first person he allegedly told about what he had done. “He stopped and told his sister and brother-in-law what had happened,” said Bryant. “He left to his home in Lancaster and they notified authorities.”
In January 2012 the Cleburne Times-Review reported that Routh was arrested in Johnson county on a DWI charge.
Replies to Comment # 1. The D&R progressive neocons ordered the hit
#8. To: hondo68 (#1)
The D&R progressive neocons ordered the hit because Kyle refused DHS orders to fire on Americans.
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