By JAMES LEGGE

Sunday 03 February 2013
A famous American marksman and author was shot dead yesterday on a Texas rifle range.
Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL who claimed to have been the most prolific sniper in American history, had a bounty put on his head by insurgents in Iraq, who dubbed him "The Devil of Ramadi."
He was at Rough Creek Lodge's shooting range near Forth Worth, Texas, with another man.
Both were fatally shot.
Witnesses said a gunman opened fire on the men at around 3:30 yesterday afternoon before fleeing in a pick-up truck belonging to one of the victims, according to a local newspaper.
The newspaper said a 25-year-old man was later taken into custody nearby and that charges were expected. The motive for the shooting is unclear.
Kyle, 38, wrote the best-selling book, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History," about the 150-plus insurgents he killed between 1999 and 2009.
He was being sued for defamation by Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota, over the book's claim that Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks.
Ventura said the punch never happened.
Kyle had asked that Ventura's claims of invasion of privacy and "unjust enrichment" be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed.
The suit was set to begin in August.
The married father of two, from Odessa, Texas, was president of Craft International, providing sniper and security training for the US military.
He saw four tours of Iraq, during which he was shot twice. He received three Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars with Valor.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/most-lethal-sniper-in-us-history-chris-kyle-shot-dead-on-texas-gun-range-8478695.html

quid pro quo

At just 38!
Well, may he RestInPeace

Only God knows the number of innocent Iraqis and Afghanistans that He has shot dead.
Rest in Peace.

Sorry to his family and may his soul rest in peace. But who so ever live by sword die by sword especialy when it is unjustly.

dang! he was just on piers morgan few weeks ago, commenting in the wake of gun controversy. RIP!

in addition to street gun fatalities, thousands more gun accidents (or vendetta) happen behind the walls of firing ranges and they are usually excluded in the talks on the danger of gun. gun is not dangerous, unbridled ego is dangerous.

He who lives by the gun die by the gun.
RIP Kyle.

Yes!
Karma is a bit.ch!

Hmmmn!

This is what my grandmother use to describe as the Crab that swim the ocean only to die in an old lady's little cooking pot with little water. The irony of life-he becomes formers for enjoying the notoriety of killing others with gun and now someone has kill him with the same gun.
Paradox-the ugliness of vanity.

He who lives by war shall die in a war.