You became an American disgrace,” Littlefield’s brother-in-law, Jerry Richardson, said of Routh at a county court in the rural Texas city of Stephenville after the sentence was handed down. CNN's Martin Savidge gives details from inside the courtroom. “You took the lives of two heroes, men that tried to be a friend to you. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole after the court rejected claims he was experiencing a psychotic episode. Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty in the murder of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. He had driven Routh to the range with Kyle’s neighbor, Littlefield. popular culture in large part due to his best-selling book and the Academy Award nominated movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper.Īfter leaving military service, Kyle, who battled his own mental demons, helped counsel troubled veterans with trips for shooting and talks. military sniper, has been lionized in his home state of Texas. Kyle, a former ranch had turned SEAL credited with the most confirmed kills of any U.S. L’ex militare e reduce dall’Iraq, Eddie Ray Routh, è stato giudicato colpevole dell’omicidio del militare della marina statunitense Chris Kyle, autore del libro American sniper da cui è stato tratto il film diretto da Clint Eastwood, e dell’amico Chad Littlefield. Prosecutors said he ambushed the two from the rear, waiting for Kyle to completely unload his weapon at the range before he attacked with a barrage of gunshots. Marine, was found guilty of fatally shooting Kyle and Kyle’s friend, Chad Littlefield, multiple times at a gun range about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Fort Worth in February 2013. They argue that he was paranoid because he was high, and that he was angry about living with his parents, relationship problems, money and his job - then finally exploded when Kyle and Littlefield snubbed him.Routh, 27, a former U.S. Prosecutors said that Routh was drinking and smoking marijuana on the morning of the crime. His attorneys have said Routh, a former Marine corporal who served in Iraq but not in a combat role, was in the grip of a medically diagnosed psychosis at the time of the killings. Eddie Ray Routh, accused of killing Chris Kyle, the author of American Sniper, had been released from a hospital over his parents’ objections just days before the shooting, his lawyers said. Routh pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to capital murder. He is still alive and is serving his sentence at the Louis C Powledge Unit in Anderson County, Texas. Routh, 27, admitted to killing both men at the shooting range of Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, southwest of Dallas, on Feb. Meet The Man Accused Of Killing The Real-Life American Sniper. It took two years for Eddie Ray Routh to face murder charges in the killings of the former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and his friend in 2013, and two weeks for his trial to. which would have resulted in a 20-year prison sentence. The accused gunman Eddie Ray Routh, 27, claims he was insane at the time of the 2013 shooting. A jury convicted Eddie Ray Routh last week of killing Chad Littlefield and 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, and Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Kyle and a buddy were gunned down at a rural Texas shooting range. BREAKING: Eddie Ray Routh was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty in the shooting deaths of American Sniper Chris Kyle and his friend. RELATED: 'Sniper' prosecution rebuts insanity plea The jury announced its verdict at around 10:20 p.m. A Texas jury has found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of murder in the killings of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield.
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