Police have detained 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine who was with the two men at the shooting range.--------------------------------------------------------TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. Dash camera video of Lancaster police arresting Routh in Kyle's stolen truck was also shown to the jury. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole, after his lawyers had tried to argue he had been insane at the time of the murders. Kyle wrote a book in 2012 called American Sniper: The Autobiography, telling the story of his four tours in Iraq from 1999-2009. Instead, the self-promoting hippie became famous for a 1981 murder where he turned his girlfriend into mulch. View our online Press Pack. A public memorial service for Kyle, 38, reputed to be the deadliest sniper in American military history, was set for Monday at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas. The way in which it was done onscreen Clint does it is so brilliantly that you dont even realize its happening, says Hall. CHRIS Kyle became a household name after his autobiography, American Sniper, was adapted into a movie by Clint Eastwood. EXCLUSIVE: Moment British expat lawyer was attacked by Spanish neighbours in land dispute that has forced Covid jabs will be given to vulnerable BABIES for first time: Health chiefs recommend two Pfizer doses Is sperm REALLY packed full of protein? Then there was the young mother, gunned down while holding a little child in one hand and a primed grenade in the other. He Shocking and troubling photos taken from crime scenes, as seen here, cover a wide range of sick attacks that have captivated America, but also preserve important evidence even for murders that remain unsolved. Please enable Javascript and reload the page. Kyle had begun working with veterans after leaving the military and Routh's mother had asked him to help her son. In 2006, he returned, this time to fight in Ramadi, now considered the countrys most dangerous city. The state then had the investigator unseal evidence of containers holding the weapons used during the murder. "They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. expose the sex addicts kinky swinging lifestyle, cops believing there was a personal motivation. His exploits had the odd darkly humorous moment, such as the time 16 fully-armoured insurgents tried to swim a river separating them from the Americans, clinging for buoyancy to four brightly-coloured beach balls. Reactions to American Sniper have proved mixed, with rave reviews sitting alongside fierce public debate. The pair took Routh to the shooting range for a therapeutic session, in a bid to help Routh's post-traumatic stress disorder. But the legend came to an end last Saturday evening at a shooting range in his home state. Shocking and troubling photos taken from crime scenes. ' Hall told PEOPLE while promoting the film last month. "They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. Eddie Ray Routh, 27, is currently on trial in the US charged with the murder of the deadliest sniper in US military history in February 2013. Regarded as one of the most lethal snipers in United States military history, Kyle served four tours in Iraq before he was killed in Texas. 
After the killings, Routh said, "I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. Kyle and his good friend Littlefield were killed at the shooting range of the Rough Creek Lodge, an 11,000-acre resort located about 25 miles outside of Stephenville. The former SEAL and Littlefield Huge alien-like sea creature washed up on beach stuns tourists, New Netflix series Beef has 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and is already been called one of its best ever shows, Adam Sandler made $10 a night doing stand-up comedy before he was famous, Huge mountain of Stella cans is cleared from hoarder's house, Shrek 5 with original cast returning is in the works, Gymshark owner who started business from his parents garage becomes Britains youngest billionaire, King's Guard screams in terrified woman's face after she got too close, Man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer explains why he did it, Chilling Final Text Chris Watts Sent To His Mistress Before Murdering His Family, Eminem explains why he dissed Will Smith in The Real Slim Shady, Denise Richards explains why her husband helps her shoot OnlyFans content. Snipers would wear goggles containing miniature fans to keep the air circulating and prevent them fogging up. Kyle was known as the best sniper of his time. Kyle and Littlefield took Routh to the shooting range in an attempt to help the troubled veteran -- something Routh's mother asked them to do. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 
The phone, a box of 9 mm ammunition, drug paraphernalia and a blue-jean jacket were seized from the 25-year-old Routh's home after he was arrested near his house in Lancaster, Texas, according to a police search warrant affidavit, inventory sheet and other documents. During the questioning of Taya Kyle the day before, she was asked extensively about Chris' knowledge of firearm safety. U.S. forces nicknamed the former ranch hand from Texas The Legend. For me, I didnt want this movie hanging over [Tayas] kids heads for the rest of their lives, he told PEOPLE. The SEALs ran a gruelling sniper school and Kyle passed the course before his second Iraq tour. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Clint Eastwoods new film, American Sniper, is a blisteringly accurate portrayal of the American war in Iraq.Unlike most films in the genre, it sidesteps the politics and focuses on an individual: the late, small-town Texan, Chris Kyle, who joined the Navy SEALs after 9/11 and did four tours of duty in Fallujah, Ramadi, and Kyle was the 58 people would die from the vicious attack. Chris Kyle was shot and killed at a shooting range in Erath County, Texas, alongside his friend Chad Littlefield on February 2, 2013. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Robbery suspect dead after being shot by police in Greenspoint area, HPD says, Hey Swifties! Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was just making sure she didnt take any Marines with her, he wrote. He also often drank alongside his medication, before he began refusing to take it. To do this, SEALs had to adapt to the hot and sweaty ghillie suit made out of hessian cloth on which the sniper attached hay, grass or whatever was needed to blend into the environment he was entering. Kyle added that while he had managed to book musicians to perform at his wedding for free, he still had to pay for their travel expenses. Just weeks after his release in July 2011, he was diagnosed with PTSD at a Veterans' hospital and put on medication. Certain parts of this website require Javascript to work. He almost ended up dead after bursting into one room to find a group of armed Caucasian men, some of them blonde, wearing old-style camouflage. Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper and the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history. Chris Kyle Memorial in Odessa, Texas A memorial for slain Navy Seal and American Sniper author Chris Kyle has been unveiled in the West Texas city where he was born in 1974. The monument was unveiled on July 28, 2016, and was privately funded. Chris Kyles memorial includes a plaza and a bronze statue. 
Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009 and moved to Midlothian, Texas, with his wife Taya and two children. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Littlefield was killed, along with ex-Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, allegedly by an Iraq war veteran at a shooting range last Saturday south of Fort Worth. April 1. It depicts Kyle's upbringing in Odessa, Texas, as the eldest of two boys, who grew up caring for up to 150 cattle. 
The filmmakers behind American Sniper left out Chris Kyles violent murder at the end of the blockbuster movie for the sake of his two kids, says screenwriter Jason Hall. 
Five different endings were brainstormed by director Clint Eastwood and his team before they settled upon the final version, which shows Kyle arriving at the firing range with war veteran and murder suspect Eddie Ray Routh. He earned the nickname, "Shaitan Ar-Ramadi", meaning "the devil of Ramadi", from insurgents after his stellar shooting record in Ramadi. His military memoir went on to sell over 1.2 million copies and was later adapted into a Clint Eastwood film, American Sniper. Its a fair question, but this was about Chriss life, and it was also a movie that involves his kids., Still, he and the films other collaborators including director Clint Eastwood and star Bradley Cooper did consider including Chriss murder in the final cut, Hall told the New York Daily News.
Kyle took up a position just set back from the street window of a top-floor flat and in a macabre touch he and his partner used an upturned babys crib to rest their rifles on as they lay down on rolled-up bedding and waited. Routh has admitted to shooting the men at an Erath County shooting range. As the Marines prepared to move in for the first time, Kyle and his partner dashed into a well-placed apartment building on the edge of the city. Jodi Arias entranced millions of TV viewers when she went on trial for the murder of Travis Alexander in June 2008 finally being convicted of first-degree murder. 
They stared at each other for an instant before Kyle, realising they were Russian Chechens recruited to fight for the Jihad, shot them all before they could do the same to him. To date, it has sold more than 800,000 copies. 