Navy Sniper Chris Kyle's Account of Gas Station Killing Raises Questions

[JI7]

In a profile of Kyle in its April issue, Dallas-based D Magazine recounts the tale of Kyle allegedly shooting and killing two armed men who tried to rob him and steal his truck at a gas station in 2010. The article concludes that even though a gas station's surveillance camera recorded the alleged incident, no proof has surfaced that it actually happened.

"I spent a lot of time looking for this video, talking to various police stations and everything was sealed up," Michael Mooney, the author of the profile, said in an interview. "After all my requests and all of my inquiries to police stations all over North Texas, up and down that highway, I didn't find any police reports, no coroner reports, nobody that could confirm that it happened in their jurisdiction."

Luttrell wrote that Kyle had stopped at a gas station not far from Dallas and was putting gas in his truck when two men -- each with a pistol -- approached him and demanded his vehicle, a tricked-out Ford F350 pickup. Kyle sized them up and told them he had to reach into his truck to get the keys, Luttrell wrote.

Mooney's piece in the April issue of D Magazine describes what Kyle is said to have done next:

"He turned around and reached under his winter coat instead, into his waistband. With his right hand, he grabbed his Colt 1911. He fired two shots under his left armpit, hitting the first man twice in the chest. Then he turned slightly and fired two more times, hitting the second man twice in the chest. Both men fell dead.

"Kyle leaned on his truck and waited for the police."

Mooney has written that when he interviewed Kyle for the article, he asked him about the incident and Kyle replied that it was true. Kyle claimed that it was caught on the gas station's surveillance video, and that when police arrived, he gave them a phone number to call, although he wouldn't say who the number belonged to.

Mooney wrote that Kyle told him the officers called the number, "were very understanding" and let him go.

But Mooney and other reporters have been unable to corroborate the story. Mooney was able to pinpoint the approximate locale, at a gas station near Cleburne along a stretch of U.S. 67 south of Dallas, but local officials up and down the highway told him they'd never heard of the incident.

Mooney said he's been unable to find any police reports or any other records indicating the incident or anything similar took place.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_22926041/slain-navy-sniper-ventura-foe-was-he-liar

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

1. You mean it's possible (likely) that Chris Kyle was a compulsive liar with delusions of grandeur?

No wonder Sarah Palin was so fond of him.

[DollarBillHines]

2. All along, I saw Kyle as a sociopathic narcissist

I have known a few snipers (VietNam) and none of them ever talked about their kills, much less bragged about same.

on edit:

There is just no way that armed highjackers would have allowed him to reach back into the cab of that truck. Thieves working I45 at night are not just screwing around.

[Hayabusa]

3. Definite Sociopath

Shortly after his death, I saw an interview where he stated that he never had any nightmares of his kills or something along that line. Mainly that he had no remorse.

[Logical]

4. I do not have much respect for people who brag about killing 150 people. Even if they are enemies.

[JI7]

6. statue made to honor him

people are stupid

[jmg257]

5. You blast 2 people with your handgun, committing two homicides.

And you simply give the police a phone number to call, and they just let you go home...



Riiiiggght. Only in Texas, I guess.

Bullshit.