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Chris Kyle was born April 8, 1974 in Odessa, Texas. He was a US Navy Seal and sniper, credited with the most confirmed kills in US history at 160. He received several honors including two Silver Star Medals and five Bronze Star Medals. Kyle’s autobiography American Sniper was published in 2012 and was made into a movie which premiered in 2015. Kyle was killed on the shooting range in Erath County, Texas, allegedly by Eddie Ray Routh, a marine veteran he was helping to overcome post traumatic stress disorder. Kyle is survived by his wife Taya, and two children.

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3 Feb, 2013

Killed at shooting range

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Kyle is killed by Routh on a Texas gun range. Routh reportedly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant:

Apparently Mr. Kyle works with people that are suffering from some issues that have been in the military and this shooter is possibly one of those people, that he had taken out to the range to mentor, to visit with, to help him, you know, that’s all I can tell you. Kind of have an idea that maybe that’s why they were at the range, for some type of therapy that Mr. Kyle assists people with, and I don’t know if it’s called shooting therapy. I don’t have any idea but that’s what little bit of information that we can gather so far.