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On February 2, 2013, Christopher Scott Kyle (born April 8, 1974) and his friend Chad Hutson Littlefield (born February 11, 1977) were shot to death at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, by Eddie Ray Routh. The two were walking down range to set up targets when Routh opened fire with two handguns and hit both of them.
The Chris Kyle Memorial Highway Bill was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 3, 2015, in Dallas, Texas. [79] Abbott said to Morris, "this was a great project for students and will leave a fundamental legacy in their learning about government."
Chris Kyle, Marc Alan Lee, Kevin Lacz [2] Ryan Curtis Job (pronounced "Jobe") [ 3 ] (March 11, 1981 – September 24, 2009), also known by his nickname " Biggles ", [ 4 ] was an American sailor and member of the United States Navy SEALs who was shot during a combat mission in Ramadi, Iraq , during the Second Battle of Ramadi .
Kyle, whose husband was shot dead in 2013 at a Texas firing range, said she didn?t think Obama?s recent gun control measures will curb gun crimes.
The U.S. Navy SEAL profiled in the movie 'American Sniper,' reportedly embellished his military record, according to military documents
A third shot took out the insurgents' machine gun. The rifle used was made by Accuracy International. [21] In June 2017, an unnamed sniper from Canada's Tier 1 special forces unit, Joint Task Force 2, surpassed the 2009 record by over 1,000 m (1,100 yd), with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War.
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American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive-produced by Jason Hall, based on the memoir of the same name by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.