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Feb 15, 2021 · Eddie Ray Routh, 25, shot and killed Chris Kyle. Routh joined the Marine Corps after high school and was deployed to a base near Baghdad in September 2007, acting as a prison guard and repairing weapons.
His first long-range kill shot was taken during the initial invasion when he shot a woman carrying a hand grenade approaching a group of Marines. CNN reported the woman was cradling a toddler in her other hand. [17] . As ordered, Kyle opened fire, killing the woman before she could attack. [18] .
Aug 25, 2021 · Eddie Ray Routh, who shot and killed American Sniper author Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield in 2013, said he did it because he felt threatened. He was sentenced to life in prison after a trial where he claimed insanity.
Jan 17, 2015 · Learn about the late Navy SEAL, the deadliest sniper in U.S. history, who was killed by a former Marine in 2013. Find out how his widow, Taya, coped with his loss and how his story inspired a movie.
Aug 19, 2022 · Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL sniper and author of American Sniper, was shot and killed by Eddie Ray Routh, a fellow veteran with PTSD, in 2013. Routh claimed he was trying to take Kyle's soul, and Kyle's friend Chad Littlefield also died in the shooting.
On February 2, 2013, Christopher Scott Kyle (born April 8, 1974) and his friend Chad Hutson Littlefield (born February 11, 1977) were shot to death at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas by Eddie Ray Routh.
Feb 25, 2015 · Chris Kyle, author of American Sniper and the most lethal sniper in American military history, was killed on Feb. 2, 2013. He was 38.
