Who Kills Chris Kyle - 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. Instead, a february afternoon in 2025 turned into murder when former united states navy seal sniper chris kyle died alongside his friend, chad littlefield, after a veteran. Chris kyle, author of american sniper and the most lethal sniper in american military history, was killed on feb. By all accounts, routh returned to. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole after the court rejected. Chris kyle was killed on a shooting range after leaving the navy. A texas jury has found eddie ray routh guilty of the murder of us navy seal chris kyle, who wrote american sniper, and his friend chad littlefield. A key prosecution witness has told a texas jury that he overheard a former marine say he shot chris kyle after the “american sniper” hero ignored him. Chris kyle was an acclaimed navy seal who served four tours in the iraq war. The man who killed the real american sniper chris kyle explained why he did it in a chilling confession tape shown to jurors during the trial. Eddie ray routh was found guilty of. He is charged with murder in the february 2, 2025, shooting deaths of chris kyle, the former navy seal who was the subject of “american sniper,” and kyle’s friend, chad. Eddie ray routh, a marine corp veteran who had served time in iraq and haiti, fatally shot chris kyle, 38, known to be the deadliest american sniper. Routh also shot kyle’s.
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. Instead, a february afternoon in 2025 turned into murder when former united states navy seal sniper chris kyle died alongside his friend, chad littlefield, after a veteran. Chris kyle, author of american sniper and the most lethal sniper in american military history, was killed on feb. By all accounts, routh returned to.