A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murder over the deaths of former Navy SEAL and American Sniper author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas gun range, the Texas Department of Public Safety says.
Sergeant Lonny Haschel said in a news release that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster was arraigned on Saturday night on two counts of capital murder.
Haschel said Erath County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a shooting at the Rough Creek Lodge, west of Glen Rose, late Saturday afternoon.
They found the bodies of Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35, at the shooting range.
Police said Routh opened fire on Kyle and Littlefield about 3.30pm, then fled in a Ford pickup truck. At about 8pm, Routh arrived at his home in Lancaster, about 27km southeast of Dallas. Police arrested him after a brief pursuit and took him to the Lancaster Police Department.
The motive for the shooting was unclear.
Kyle wrote the best-selling book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History, detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.
A news release from Travis Cox, director of FITCO Cares, a non-profit Kyle helped start, said Kyle served four tours of duty.
"Chris died doing what he filled his heart with passion - serving soldiers struggling with the fight to overcome PTSD," Cox said in the release. "He will be forever missed."
Kyle is survived by his wife, Taya, and their children, the non-profit's release said.
Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Governor 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 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 August 1.
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