Affidavit: Vet thought everyone out to get him
Feb 6, 2013, 12:02 AM
LANCASTER, Texas (AP) – Police say an Iraq War veteran said he gunned down a former Navy SEAL and his friend at a Texas shooting range because he didn’t trust them and thought they would kill him first.
Eddie Ray Routh is charged with killing Chris Kyle, author of the best-selling book “American Sniper,” and his friend Chad Littlefield. He’s jailed in Erath County on $3 million bail.
Authorities say Routh drove to his sister’s house and confessed after the shootings Saturday.
According to a Lancaster police search warrant affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News and WFAA-TV, Laura Blevins said her brother seemed out of his mind.
The affidavit says Routh said everyone was out to get him.
Lancaster police obtained a search warrant for Routh’s home.
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