A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a Texas gun range that killed former Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle and his friend.
Sergeant Lonny Haschel, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said in a news release that Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster, Texas, was arraigned on two counts of capital murder.
Sgt Haschel said Erath County Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of Mr Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35, on Saturday at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Fort Worth.
Police said Routh opened fire on Mr Kyle and Mr Littlefield, and then fled in a pickup truck. He was later arrested near his home in Lancaster after a brief pursuit.
Officer Kyle Roberts at the Erath County Jail said Routh is being held on a combined $3m bond.
The motive for the shooting remains unclear.
Mr Kyle, a decorated soldier, wrote the best-selling book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History, detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.
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