Navy Seal and author Chris Kyle, 38, was shot to death at a Texas gun range, by 25-year-old Marine vet, Eddie Ray Routh. Payne, the author of the 2012 book, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" was called "the devil" by terrorists, due to having killed 150 of them and nicknamed "the legend" by his Seal team members.
Chris Kyle
Routh, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, shot and killed Kyle and a friend, Chad Littlefield, 35. Routh was detained shortly after with the weapon used in the crime and stated things which linked him to the killings. He is now on suicide watch, with bail set at $3,000,000.
