Eddie Ray Routh, Iraq Veteran, Charged With Murdering Chris Kyle

GLEN ROSE, Texas ? The 25-year-old man charged with murdering former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend at a Texas gun range was an Iraq war veteran.

The U.S. military confirmed Sunday that Eddie Ray Routh was in the Marines from June 2006 to January 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007.

Routh is charged with two counts of capital murder. He's accused of killing 38-year-old Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range Saturday evening.

Officer Kyle Roberts at the Erath County Jail said Routh is being held on $3 million bond. Roberts did not have information on information on whether Routh had a lawyer. No one answered the door at Routh's home.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/eddie-ray-routh-iraq-veteran-american-sniper-chris-kyle_n_2611789.html

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