Posted on 02/03/2013 8:02:27 PM PST by GVnana
Police say Eddie Ray Routh, the 25-year-old suspect in the murder of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, was tasered after becoming aggressive with jailers around dinnertime Sunday.
After eating dinner, Routh refused to return his food tray to jailers. He became aggressive and tried to attack them when they tried to get it back from him, said Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant.
Jailers tasered Routh and placed him in a restraining chair in his solitary cell. He is on suicide watch, Bryant said.
Bryant also said there have been death threats made against Routh since news of his alleged actions spread.
Update at 2:18 p.m.: Officials say that Eddie Ray Routh, the suspect in the double murder of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, fled the crime scene in Kyle’s Ford pickup truck.
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Routh is currently unemployed, Bryant said. He could not confirm whether Routh was on medication or was diagnosed with PTSD.
Update at 11:28 a.m.: Eddie Routh, who was arrested on Saturday in connection to the fatal shooting at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, is being held at the Erath County jail on a $3 million bond, according to officials.
Routh, 25, was arrested on two counts of murder and one count of capital murder, according to Lonny Haschel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Kyle was dedicated to helping veterans, especially those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He helped found FITCO Cares Foundation, a non-profit organization that provided in-home fitness equipment to veterans with PTSD.
(Excerpt) Read more at crimeblog.dallasnews.com ...
Does his meds list look like Adam Lanza’s?
He was a reservist with PTSD means Government meds and counseling.
‘Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant has suggested Routh was mentally ill. “He may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself,” he said. He was a Marine for four years. There may have been complications from that but we don’t know for sure.”’
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/02/who-is-eddie-ray-routh-suspected-killer-of-american-sniper-chris-kyle/
The perp comes across to me as being a Leftist.
They will kill him by morning. It has all the hallmarks of a government snuff operation.
Ping
There was a bounty on Kyle’s head by Iraqi terrorists during his time over there according to the video news report.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272829/Eddie-Ray-Routh-Pictured-The-Marine-PTSD-shot-neighbor-Chris-Kyle-militarys-deadliest-sniper-Texas-gun-range.html#axzz2JtqtZtJV
Maybe the perp was trying to cash in?
yep, this all stinks to high heaven. For all we know this guy was the only survivor of a government hit on the three of them.
If they off him in jail before he can talk, we will know for sure.
They will kill him by morning. It has all the hallmarks of a government snuff operation.
PING
Oh, they will “Jack Ruby” him?
Agreed!
“Routh is currently unemployed...”
(Oh, sure. I’ll bet his “check is in the mail”.)
Repeating what FE said.
I was thinking it myself when reading it.
Many years ago I ran across a high school friend of mine who was just back from Viet Nam. We were sharing a pitcher of beer when he started hatching a scheme where we would both go home, get our rifles, meet on Conch Island, a strip of sand dunes off the coast of St. Augustine, and start hunting each other from opposite ends.
I told him I didn't want to kill him, he started telling me that he was too good for that to happen, started inferring that I was afraid to take him on.
To defuse the situation I just said, you're right, I'm scared.
He messed around for several years trying to get himself killed, jumping off of bridges, walking in front of cars. He may have finally succeeded, it's been years since I heard anything about him.
He probably didn't want to kill me, he wanted me to kill him.
That's a sad story. The moral of the Kyle incident is that head shrinking should be left to the pros. At the very least, you never want to turn your back on a potential head case who also happens to be armed.
No way, I grew up in Erath county. They will try him and find him guilty, then send him to Huntsville for the sleep shot.
Does he have any history with the vics?
Booking photo of Routh. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/booking-photo-eddie-ray-routh-photo-171302882.html
He will have his death date in Huntsville.
Can barely wait.
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