Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle fatally shot at Texas shooting range, report says

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  April 6, 2012: Former Navy SEAL and author of the book “American Sniper” poses in Midlothian, Texas. (AP)
  
  
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Chris Kyle, a former U.S. Navy SEAL credited with the largest number of confirmed kills, was one of two people fatally shot at a North Texas shooting range Saturday, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant told the Star-Telegram that Kyle, 38, was shot by a suspected gunman, identified as 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, around 3:30 p.m.

Routh allegedly opened fire on the two men before fleeing in a pickup truck belonging to one of the victims, according to the report.

Bryant said the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody in Lancaster, southeast of Dallas, about five hours later.

The identity of the other shooting victim was not released.
Kyle set the record for confirmed sniper kills at 150 and received multiple valor awards, including five Bronze Stars with Valor and two Silver Stars, according to US military records.

Kyle wrote the best-selling book, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History," detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.

Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura over a portion of the book that claims Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.

Kyle had asked that Ventura's claims of invasion of privacy and "unjust enrichment" be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.

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Sad story, may he RIP!

Sad story, ..... Originally Posted by bigtex

So many twists and turns ...

...... along with an upcoming trial setting in a defamation case.

And was it even initially directed at him or wrong place at wrong time.

.....While this is a sad sorry as we have lost a military hero, it does put a hole in the "having guns and training stops violence" theory... Originally Posted by novacain

How does this sad story put a hole in that ?

How does this sad story put a hole in that ? Originally Posted by Whirlaway

I'm still trying to remember whose "theory" it is?

How does this sad story put a hole in that ? Originally Posted by Whirlaway

It doesn't prove anything. It's anecdotal. One instance of an armed law abiding citizen being murdered is meaningless. It's like pointing out that someone died in a car wreck wearing a seatbelt, and saying it puts a hole in the seatbelt theory.

http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/

It doesn't prove anything. It's anecdotal. One instance of an armed law abiding citizen being murdered is meaningless. It's like pointing out that someone died in a car wreck wearing a seatbelt, and saying it puts a hole in the seatbelt theory.

http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/ Originally Posted by joe bloe

So you agree...wearing seatbelts saves lives?

So you agree...wearing seatbelts saves lives? Originally Posted by WTF

They can also kill people.

Keep a gun in the car so in case the seat belt attacks you it can be shot.

The story is that guns and training REDUCES crime, not stops and it is not about violence. We also know that Eva, WTF and Nova are scum joking about the death of a hero who did what they could never do.

Keep a gun in the car so in case the seat belt attacks you it can be shot. Originally Posted by i'va biggen

Actually, the guy I saw die from a seat belt was not able to locate a weapon, because he was thrashing around too much while he bled out internally from the lap restraint rupturing his abdominal artery ... when he was removed from the passenger's side seat and laid out on the asphalt he crashed .. apparently while he was sitting up it controlled the bleeding somewhat. He was the driver and was "t-boned" on his side and blown to the passenger side front seat.

Had you been there it would not have been so funny for you.

It is a fact of life that misfortune will visit everyone at some point in their lives in the chaos of this world.

Sometimes little nobodys will attack someone with a reputation strictly out of jealousy thinking that then they will become somebody, but they only get a lower ranking and the pity of the world.

. . . It is a tragedy that we lost a hero. May he rest in peace, but you can bet his killer won't!

So you agree...wearing seatbelts saves lives? Originally Posted by WTF

Yes, and so do concealed carry permits. Neither one works everytime.

Actually, the guy I saw die from a seat belt was not able to locate a weapon, because he was thrashing around too much while he bled out internally from the lap restraint rupturing his abdominal artery ... when he was removed from the passenger's side seat and laid out on the asphalt he crashed .. apparently while he was sitting up it controlled the bleeding somewhat. He was the driver and was "t-boned" on his side and blown to the passenger side front seat.

Had you been there it would not have been so funny for you. Originally Posted by LexusLover

Sometimes parachutes drift into power lines and people die. That doesn't mean you're safer jumping out of an airplane without one. For every person that dies because of a seatbelt a hundred are saved.

For every one crime caused by a law abiding sane person owning a gun many more are prevented.

Yes, and so do concealed carry permits. Neither one works everytime. Originally Posted by joe bloe

Kevlar License?