A decorated former Navy SEAL who authored the book "American Sniper" was one of two people shot and killed at an Erath County shooting range Saturday, according to an NBC 5 source and a newspaper report.
The Stephenville Empire-Tribune reported Saturday that Chris Kyle and another man were shot and killed at a shooting range at Rough Creek Resort and Lodge in Glen Rose late Saturday afternoon. An NBC 5 source also confirmed that Kyle was killed at the gun range.
The other victim has not yet been identified.
The newspaper reported that Eddie Ray Routh was arrested in connection with the fatal shootings.
Empire-Tribune reporter Sara Vanden Berge told NBC 5 that it did not sound like an accidental shooting but appeared to be an intentional shooting.
Vanden Berge said Kyle was at the shooting range with the suspect and another man. She said her understanding was that Kyle had an open invitation to visit and use the range at Rough Creek and did not have a guide with him.
A source told her that the man suspected in the shootings was a veteran and may have been doing some sort of shooting therapy, she told NBC 5.
Lancaster police confirmed that Routh was arrested Saturday night and that he was a wanted murder suspect.
The spokesman for Lancaster police said officers spotted Routh and took him into custody at Interstate 35 and Camp Wisdom Road after a short chase.
NBC 5 sources say Routh was in Kyle's pickup truck when he was arrested.
Kyle, who was born in West Texas and grew up in Dallas, served four combat tours in Iraq between the start of the war and 2008.
He is believed to have been one of the best snipers in the world and holds the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history with 160 confirmed kills. The previous American record was 109, according to Kyle's book.
Kyle competed on NBC's "Stars Earn Stripes" last summer.
The reality show paired eight celebrities with people from a branch of the military or a first-responder agency to compete in missions inspired by military exercises. Kyle teamed up with actor Dean Cain, who competed for the Wounded Warrior Project.
NBC 5's Chris Van Horne contributed to this report.
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