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Old 02-02-2013   #1
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Default Deadliest U.S. sniper murdered at a gun range in Erath County
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Three sources confirmed to News 8 that Kyle, who served in every major battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom, was among the two men shot to death at Rough Creek Lodge, 53 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/rough...189536271.html

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013...h-county.html/

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WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported that Kyle was shot point-blank while helping another soldier who is recovering from post traumatic stress syndrome.
Can't imagine surviving the things he did only to die at the hands of one of the many he dedicated his post military life to help.
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Absolutely terrible news. This man was an American Hero. RIP.
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This is sickening, RIP Chris Kyle......
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RIP Chris.

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Horrible. Absolutely horrible.

RIP Chris Kyle
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Wow, absolutely horrible. I just watched him on "Stars earn Stripes" reality show over the summer.

To survive what he has gone through only to get killed by someone in the US military in a cowardly act. RIP Kyle
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I feel immensely sad now.

You're a hero, Kyle. RIP.
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Condolences to friends and family.
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Horrible news, American Hero.


No one going to bring up the potential conspiracy? Does this story really make sense?
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Wow, absolutely horrible. I just watched him on "Stars earn Stripes" reality show over the summer.

To survive what he has gone through only to get killed by someone in the US military in a cowardly act. RIP Kyle
I think we should be hesitant here a little bit in terms of calling Routh a murderer and a coward. It's hard to really know what he was going through with PTSD.

Although it doesn't make it any less tragic, he might not have been in control of his decision making while dealing with something like that.
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I think we should be hesitant here a little bit in terms of calling Routh a murderer and a coward. It's hard to really know what he was going through with PTSD.

Although it doesn't make it any less tragic, he might not have been in control of his decision making while dealing with something like that.
I don't want to turn this political but this is an area where our government in general is falling down terribly. These men and women need to get the help they need to overcome this. If they are having these kinds of issues, it is the responsibility of the government to see to it they are treated. I know at so many veterans hospitals the funding is either misspent or lacking in general.

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Here is a very sad fact. You can get people help but for a lot of cases it will not help..

The stress of war and deployments work on a person's mental health and its not good.

Facts are there are always going to be sad things like this as long as we have wars.
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I think we should be hesitant here a little bit in terms of calling Routh a murderer and a coward. It's hard to really know what he was going through with PTSD.

Although it doesn't make it any less tragic, he might not have been in control of his decision making while dealing with something like that.
Routh is a murderer, that can't be disputed. If he did in fact have PTSD, there is no logical reason he should have be in a gun range in no way, shape or form.

There has to be ways to help those sick individuals and a good place to start is not allowing them near any kind of firearms.
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Routh is a murderer, that can't be disputed. If he did in fact have PTSD, there is no logical reason he should have be in a gun range in no way, shape or form.

There has to be ways to help those sick individuals and a good place to start is not allowing them near any kind of firearms.
Can't agree with this. Shooting can be very therapeutic in cases such as this. As it turns out, it was disastrous here but it's not an uncommon practice in general.
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I think we should be hesitant here a little bit in terms of calling Routh a murderer and a coward. It's hard to really know what he was going through with PTSD.

Although it doesn't make it any less tragic, he might not have been in control of his decision making while dealing with something like that.
I agree. PTSD is a tricky condition.

It's a shame the guy was trying to provide some support and help him out and it turned out this way.
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