Chris Kyle Disaster Research It’s unfathomable to think that a war hero could return home and be shot by a fellow marine. But that’s exactly what happened to Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield were helping a veteran with mental health issues and trying to get him back on his feet when they were shot and killed at a shooting range in Texas. This man they were trying to help is Eddie Ray and when he was charged of first degree murder for Chad Littlefield and Chris Kyle, also known as the American Sniper, Eddie claimed he didn't know what he was doing and tried to blame the whole incident on mental health issues. This was truly an event that took a shot at Americas best sniper. Proposed thesis statement: Eddie Routh’s senseless act …show more content…
Also, Routh was found to have intoxicated himself with marijuana and whiskey the night before the murders he committed. Routh was facing many mental illness problems as it seemed but the doctors and specialists who dealt with Routh could never find out how he got to be this way or what the cause of it was. The reason that Routh claimed to have murdered Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, was that “If I didn't kill them, they were going to get me”. Some doctors say that it was a delusion by Routh but other doctors and specialists don't have any proof that this is true and that he lied about the delusion. Chris Kyle and Routh’s mother were talking in the parking lot outside of the school she works at and Kyle’s kids attend. She told Chris about her son and asked if he could help her son get back to normal as he’d done with many different veterans time and time again. Kyle agreed to it and when Chris and Chad Littlefield picked up Eddie Ray Routh, they both knew something was not right about the man. While they were driving to the range they were going to shoot at with Routh for a “Veteran Therapy” as all that attended called it, Kyle sent a text to Chad Littlefield who was in the passenger seat that read, “This dude is straight nuts!” Chad responded, “I know, he’s right behind me, watch my six!”. As they got to the range they had to go on a side road for a few miles to get to where they were going to