‘Sniper’ Case Is Headed to Appeal, Lawyers Say
HOUSTON — Lawyers for Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for murdering Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL marksman whose autobiography inspired the movie…
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HOUSTON — Lawyers for Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for murdering Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL marksman whose autobiography inspired the movie…
“He says that he killed two guys. They went out to a shooting range. Like, he’s all crazy …” Those recorded words from the sister of Eddie Ray Routh gave…
Eddie Ray Routh was crying, shirtless, shoeless and smelling of alcohol when police caught up with him walking the streets of his hometown of Lancaster, Texas. His family didn’t understand…
Chris Kyle, the author of the best-selling “American Sniper,” and Chad Littlefield, 35, Kyle’s friend, were gunned down on Saturday while shooting for fun at a Texas gun range, law…
A former Navy SEAL known for claiming a record number of sniper killings in Iraq was one of two men shot dead at a Texas gun range, allegedly at the…
STEPHENVILLE, Tex. — Eddie Ray Routh, the mentally disturbed veteran who killed Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL marksman who inspired the movie “American Sniper,” was sentenced Tuesday to life…
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Marine has been convicted in the deaths of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend at a shooting range. Jurors returned the verdict…
No one disputes that Routh shot and killed the two men. But defense attorneys say Routh was insane. Prosecutors dismiss that claim outright. – Jason Morris reported from Stephenville, Texas….
After eight days of testimony, the trial of the “American Sniper’s” alleged killer has not answered the one question that still haunts the families of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield….
Why Eddie Ray Routh allegedly killed the two men who were trying to help him remains a mystery. There have been a series of confusing and incoherent explanations for Routh’s…
Why Eddie Ray Routh allegedly killed the two men who were trying to help him remains a mystery. There have been a series of confusing and incoherent explanations for Routh’s…
(Reuters) – A psychiatrist told a Texas court on Thursday that the man accused of murdering U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle had paranoid schizophrenia and showed signs of psychosis…
No one disputes that Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed the two men. But defense attorneys say Routh was insane. They called to testify a psychiatrist, who assessed Routh after…
That’s how family members and friends have described Eddie Ray Routh, the man on trial for the slayings of Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film “American Sniper,” and Kyle’s…
The prosecution has rested its case. Now, it’s the defense’s last turn to explain Eddie Ray Routh’s case. No one disputes that Routh shot and killed Chris Kyle, subject of…
A chilling video shown in court showed police placing Routh into a squad car moments after authorities chased him down a Texas highway. Earlier that day in February 2013, authorities…
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Eddie Ray Routh spoke of insanity, anarchy and the apocalypse when police tried to arrest him after the shooting deaths of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle…
Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL who was the subject of “American Sniper,” and his friend Chad Littlefield were wearing fully loaded handguns in their waistbands when they were found…
Shortly before he was shot to death by a troubled former Marine at a Texas gun range, legendary Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle texted a buddy, “This dude is straight-up…
Since being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in July 2011, her son had been in and out of Veterans Affairs clinics, she said. He showed no progress in two years,…
In the autobiography that inspired the blockbuster film, “American Sniper,” Kyle wrote that his work on Iraqi battlefields earned him the nickname, “Legend.” That’s what those fighting with Kyle called…
Iraq War veteran Eddie Ray Routh is preparing to stand trial, charged with capital murder in the shootings of “American Sniper” author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his…
Smith was only 20 when he was assigned to the sniper section of a mortar platoon at the height of the Iraq war. When I met him there in early…