There may have been complications from that but we don’t know for sure. He may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself. And unfortunately this thing happened.Įrath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant suggested that Routh was indeed mentally broken: … It was just two great guys with Chad and Chris trying to help out a veteran in need and making time out of their day to help him. What I know is Chris and a gentleman - great guy, I knew him well, Chad Littlefield - took a veteran out shooting who was struggling with PTSD to try to assist him, try to help him, try to, you know, give him a helping hand and he turned the gun on both of them, killing them. Travis Cox, director of FITCO Cares, spoke to the Associated Press about how Chris and Chad were trying to help Routh: Kyle was known to spend time helping troubled vets. Chris Kyle (pictured above) and Chad Littlefield tried to help Routh deal with his mental anguish by taking him to the gun range. Routh was reportedly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). His second stint in a mental hospital came in mid-January after a woman called the police, fearing for his safety. He was first taken to a mental hospital in September 2012 after he threatened to kill his family and himself. Routh had been transported to a mental hospital - twice - in recent months. The local sheriff’s department captured Routh during a chase at 9 p.m. Routh was taken into custody about five hours after he allegedly shot his victims. Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant told the Star-Telegram that Routh was apprehended more than 70 miles from the crime scene. Officers stopped Routh with road spikes after he made another attempt to get away in the stolen truck. He then returned to his Lancaster, Texas, home, where a local SWAT team pursued and found him located at. Radar Online reported that he first contacted his sister about the shootings he just carried out. Once the shootings concluded, Routh fled the scene in a pickup truck belonging to one of his victims. on Saturday while they were hanging out at a Glen Rose, Texas, gun range at the Rough Creek Lodge. Routh, 25, allegedly shot and murdered Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield at 3:30 p.m.
Routh Fled in a Stolen Pickup Truck & Was Stopped with Road Spikes Here’s what you should know about Chris Kyle’s alleged killer:ġ. Routh reportedly shot Kyle, 39, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, 35, last Saturday afternoon at the Rough Creek Lodge in Central Texas. Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh is the alleged murderer behind the shooting death of Chris Kyle, legendary Navy SEAL sniper and author of American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S.
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