STEPHENVILLE — Jurors deliberated just 2 1/2 hours Tuesday night before finding that former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh was guilty of capital murder for the shooting deaths of former Navy SEAL and American Sniper author Chris Kyle and his best friend,
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (CNN) — It took a Texas jury less than three hours to find Eddie Ray Routh guilty of capital murder in the deaths of two men, including Chris Kyle, the author of the bestselling book “American Sniper.”.
Eddie Ray Routh, 25, is facing two counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield on Saturday afternoon, February 2, 2013 at a Glen Rose, Texas shooting range. (Credit: Erath County Sheriff).
A Texas jury found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Chris Kyle, the soldier whose biography was the basis of Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film American Sniper, and Chad Littlefield at a gun range in February 2013.
Taya Kyle, wife of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, wipes her eyes as she testifies during former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh's capital murder trial at the Erath County Donald R. Jones Justice Center, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Stephenville, Texas. Routh