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STEPHENVILLE, Tex. â Eddie Ray Routh, the mentally disturbed veteran who killed Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL marksman who inspired the movie âAmerican Sniper,â was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after a jury here found him guilty of murder, rejecting his claims that he was legally insane at the time.
1 Chris Kyle was the most successful sniper in American military history. 2  He claimed 255 lives during four tours of Iraq before retiring in 2009. 3  His life is the subject of a new film tipped for success at the Oscars.  In 2013 Kyle was shot and killed by a friend at a shooting range in Texas.