![]() ![]() ![]() Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence without the possibility of parole. A jury in Erath County, Texas, has found former Marine Eddie Ray Routh guilty in the murders of 'American Sniper' author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. That is just cold, calculated capital murder,” Starnes said. ![]() Routh’s mother had asked Kyle to help her troubled son, and he kindly agreed. In Texas, in early 2013, two well-intentioned friends picked-up a young, troubled ex-marine for an afternoon of intended bonding and healing - at the shootin. Eddie Ray Routh killed Kyle and Littlefield in 2013 at a Texas shooting range. Kyle, a former Navy SEAL, and his friend Littlefield were walking down range to set up targets when Eddie Ray Routh opened fire and hit both of them. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. The murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield occurred on February 2, 2013, at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. Eddie Ray Routh at the Erath County, Donald R. They have not refuted charges Routh shot the two and fled in Kyle’s pickup truck. Kyle and Littlefield had taken former Marine Eddie Ray Routh to the shooting range at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort on February 2, 2013. Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell at the capital murder trial of former Marine Cpl. Kyle and Littlefield had taken Routh to the gun range. Marine Corps veteran from Lancaster, Texas. Routh, a former Marine was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Marine, was a paranoid schizophrenic and should be declared innocent by reason of insanity. In 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. Prosecutors presented video and audio evidence where Routh admitted to the crime.ĭefence lawyers argued that Routh, a former U.S. How much clearer can it be? This is not a whodunit case,” she said. In closing arguments, prosecutor Jane Starnes told a jury in the rural Texas city of Stephenville that Eddie Ray Routh, 27, bided his time before fatally shooting Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield at the range about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Fort Worth in February 2013. Eddie Ray Routh (C) enters the court for his capital murder trial in Stephenville, Texas February 24, 2015. 2, 2013, nearly four years after Kyle quit the military, he and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were allegedly shot and killed on a Texas gun range while helping former Marine Eddie Ray. ![]()
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