This is the Navy Seal who claimed to have punched Jesse Ventura in the face years ago because Ventura was badmouthing another Seal. Ventura denied that claim, and said he never even met Kyle.

When the motive comes out I wonder if it was an argument that got out of hand at a hunting lodge (not a firing range as I had written, see post below), not the best place to engage in real combat with the U.S.'s record breaking sniper. It seems to have been a spur of the moment thing, because the alleged killer fled in Kyle's vehicle - which opens up the question of how the shooter got there, with somebody or did he walk..

The man suspected of murdering Kyle and the second individual was apprehended near Lancaster hours after the incident, the Stephenville Empire-Tribune reported.

Hopefully there will be some detailed info soon.

There was a bounty on his head from what I read on wikipedia and he did become quite popular after returning to the US. Maybe those bounties were still active once it was realized he had been spotlighted in various ways. *..A huge reach I know...

For his deadly track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him Al-Shaitan Ramad (English The Devil of Rahmadi) and put a $20,000 bounty on his head that went up to $80,000 later on.

On the other hand I cant help but feel this will somehow be tied to the previously ongoing litigation between Jesse Ventura and himself. Who knows, just seems suspicious, every damn gun fired now seems suspicious.

Live by the sword and all I guess.
I certainly would not brag about murdering 160 folks even if my politicians said it was ok.

This 'human' made me cringe when I saw him give an interview. He bragged about his first kill, a woman holding a baby that he said pulled out a hand grenade and was preparing to throw it at some US personnel. So he killed a woman holding a baby, and that was just for starters? And do we have more than his word that she was preparing to do something?

His hubris and glee bragging about this, and the issues with claiming he decked Jessie Ventura, after which JV gave him the opportunity to withdraw the statement 'because he was admitting to a felony and it never happened' were all I wanted to know about him.

Guess he's as good at catching bullets as he is at throwing them.

Sorry, no sympathy here.

Originally posted by signalfire
He bragged about his first kill, a woman holding a baby that he said pulled out a hand grenade and was preparing to throw it at some US personnel. So he killed a woman holding a baby, and that was just for starters? And do we have more than his word that she was preparing to do something?

And do we have any proof that she was not?
Questioning his statement unless proven otherwise indicates nothing.

That is where the enemy uses your own sensibilities against you. They demoralize you and break your will to fight.

If someone is doing something to kill me, or one of my friends, I don’t care if he, or she is holding baby Jesus, I am going to be using what ever I have at my disposal to stop them before they do what they are getting ready to do. I don’t care if I have a .177 bb gun, or a 20mm anti material rifle. It will be pointed at them and my finger is going to be pulling the trigger.

Most likely one of the Rich Sheiks over there was paying handsomely to get rid of him, as revenge of all the fallen brothers he had on his conciense. Not a wise thing to go public about something like that. The killer probably thought he would get away to cash in the bounty but seems he got caught instead.

Lesson learned: If you killed anybody, war or not, keep it quiet, there is always someone out there that wants revenge.

Didn't somebody mention recently that high-profile names in the gun world would be getting assassinated? Could've just been Alex Jones, don't remember, but the numbers are adding up, unless I'm mistaken.

Originally posted by dave_welch
Didn't somebody mention recently that high-profile names in the gun world would be getting assassinated? Could've just been Alex Jones, don't remember, but the numbers are adding up, unless I'm mistaken.

Doesn't seem like an assassination as much as a PTSD guy imagining something, realizing he has a gun in his hand, and firing. Depending on the circumstances, a good lawyer can get him committed to a VA mental hospital. But the problem for the shooter is that he's now the "fastest gun in the west" having taken out the U.S.'s top sniper, and even in a mental facility he may have to be in isolation.