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Revealed: Marine who 'killed' famous sniper threatened to 'blow his brains out and kill his family
Daily Mail ^ | 2/4/13 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 02/04/2013 5:04:06 PM PST by Nachum

Police now say that the former marine accused of killing the country’s best sniper and another man at a shooting range now says that he threatened to kill himself and his family back in September and he was hospitalized.

A police report from the September 2 incident states they were alerted to the threat when they received a call about 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, who is now in jail on two murder counts for allegedly killing Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.

‘Eddie stated he was hurting and that his family does not understand what he has been through,’ the police report says.

The Dallas Morning News reports that when officers arrived on the scene they found Eddie walking outside the family home without shoes or a shirt, and smelling like alcohol.

His mother said that the argument started when his father said that they were going to take away his gun.

‘She stated Eddie began arguing and stated that he was going to “blow his brains out,”’ the report stated.

As it has been previously reported, Routh allegedly told police at the scene that he has post traumatic stress disorder.

He was arrested on Saturday evening following the afternoon shooting at the gun range, and while he was reportedly calm during the arrest, his time in jail has not been as smooth.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273276/Chris-Kyle-murder-Eddie-Ray-Routh-held-3million-bail-confessing-sister.html#ixzz2Jyw4WuQh Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chriskyle; chriskylemurder; gun; kyle; marine; navyseal; routh; specialops
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To: Nachum

So let’s arm all the teachers, wait, lets arm all the prosecutors, wait, is the bounty still available? So many questions...


21 posted on 02/04/2013 5:47:40 PM PST by Jeremiah Jr (EL CHaY)
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To: Myrddin
What SSRI was he taking?

That is the $64 question. The world wonders.

22 posted on 02/04/2013 5:48:52 PM PST by Captain7seas (Fire Jane Lubchenco)
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To: FR_addict

Normally, the social agencies would be all over the guy and his family to get every gun he might come within half a mile of. Nothing of the sort here. Weird.


23 posted on 02/04/2013 5:48:52 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Nachum

God so erie reminds me of alamo girls list of the Clinton years


24 posted on 02/04/2013 6:17:16 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep ‘em coming! Thank you all very much!

25 posted on 02/04/2013 6:25:48 PM PST by RedMDer (HEY LIBS! GUN FREE ZONE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW. I DARE YA!)
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To: Husker24
why would you take someone that unstable to the shooting range?

That's my question too. Sounds more like he needed to be admitted somewhere.

26 posted on 02/04/2013 6:30:50 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: Myrddin

That’s my question. What meds did they put him on.


27 posted on 02/04/2013 6:50:59 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Husker24
I’m sure ill catch a lot of flak on here for saying this but, why would you take someone that unstable to the shooting range?

This incident has me thinking. I have made a point over the last several years to get involved with local vets. Many are members at my gun club ... before they went to war. I like to hunt, fish, shoot and watch sports. So do some vets around here. Maybe it is culture thing. It is just as acceptable as playing a round of golf. Unstable people can be found on golf courses and gun ranges. The trick is recognizing that they are unstable. You can get whacked over the head with a 3-iron and be just as dead as being shot.

28 posted on 02/04/2013 6:55:01 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe)
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To: MestaMachine

In a previous post, I stated that I had read that Routh’s mother contacted Kyle about her son. If true, either Routh’s family didn’t know, or didn’t say, anything about Routh’s behavior and threats.


29 posted on 02/04/2013 7:24:38 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: Amberdawn
In a previous post, I stated that I had read that Routh’s mother contacted Kyle

That's what I heard on the local (San Antonio) news stations, too.

30 posted on 02/04/2013 7:30:45 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: Nachum

BFL


31 posted on 02/04/2013 7:32:25 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: HiTech RedNeck; Husker24
"I agree, it sounds like an illogical place to take someone who so shortly before talked about murder/suicide."

And, Adam Lanza's (Sandy Hook) mom took him to range. She had to know he was nuts and I wondered why she would take him to a range.

32 posted on 02/04/2013 7:59:01 PM PST by hummingbird
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To: Candor7
This has elements of a planned hit, accomplished with some kind of rationality. We do not know what the motive could be, but there are a surprising number of highly effective leaders in the conservative/libertarian field who have been joining the Obama dead pool, from Bloomberg on. I’d say that NRA president Wayne LaPierre has something to worry about.


I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I'm betting you have a good point. If I were investigating this I'd be looking for to see if this guy had any offshore bank accounts. Look for any deposits from any place that ends in stan. On the other hand if the terrorist were behind it you would expect them to claim credit, but then you never know.

What is more clear is that a lot of people are getting suckered in by assuming that we need more laws against the mentally ill. I'm no prophet, but watch more rules against guns in the hands of the mentally unstable will be the ‘compromise’ solution. And based on what Ann Coulter and others have written and said the moderates that the plague the conservative movement will swallow it hook line and sinker. I don't know what the answer is, but I know that more government control on our kids or disarming veterans is not the answer. Now you can't say you were warned.

33 posted on 02/04/2013 8:05:36 PM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: Nachum

His check is in the mail from the administration.


34 posted on 02/04/2013 8:10:07 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Not only that, but it is just as likely, possibly much more likely that the suspect’s symptoms were from serious mental illness (the biochemical kind like bi-polar or schizophrenia) than they were from PTSD.

He’s the perfect age (25) for onset, has suicidal/homicidal ideation, reports severe mental distress, all of which could easily be more symptomatic of a developing psychosis as PTSD, especially if he’s been self medicating with alcohol or drugs.

But the media isn’t going to look at the mental illness angle, they instead focus on the “vets are trained killers and dangerous to society / military service is bad for mental health” meme.

This tragedy is just another brick in their wall of propaganda.


35 posted on 02/04/2013 9:06:13 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: Mad Dawgg

Not only that, but it is just as likely, possibly much more likely that the suspect’s symptoms were from serious mental illness (the biochemical kind like bi-polar or schizophrenia) than they were from PTSD.

He’s the perfect age (25) for onset, has suicidal/homicidal ideation, reports severe mental distress, all of which could easily be more symptomatic of a developing psychosis as PTSD, especially if he’s been self medicating with alcohol or drugs.

But the media isn’t going to look at the mental illness angle, they instead focus on the “vets are trained killers and dangerous to society / military service is bad for mental health” meme.

This tragedy is just another brick in their wall of propaganda.


36 posted on 02/04/2013 9:06:25 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

What is more clear is that a lot of people are getting suckered in by assuming that we need more laws against the mentally ill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I would be surprised if they actually find exception to keeping patient records secure under HIPPA with a duty of physicians to report a “no gun allowed” mental patient.

The doctors will just go on a liberal rampage, deciding that any one under their care should not have a high health risk “gun.” Why should doctors just be able to remove a right without due process? There needs to be a process.
Or they need to forget about it and allow people to protect themselves through having their own arms.Freedom is the answer, not arcane, tyrannical supervision.


37 posted on 02/05/2013 2:02:23 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Nachum

That isn’t PTSD, that’s a Gen WhyMe nutjob.


38 posted on 02/05/2013 8:51:39 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: sockmonkey

Kyle took him to the gun range in order to help him through his PTSD. He said that using guns in a social manner helps them through the PTSD.


39 posted on 02/05/2013 9:17:18 PM PST by willyd
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To: Husker24

Because no one told Chris and Chad any of this information. They may as well have been ambushed by this puke and his family.


40 posted on 02/06/2013 8:41:27 AM PST by joesjane ((The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling))
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