Texas jury selection to start for man charged with killing sniper Kyle

By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - The first steps in jury selection are set to begin on Thursday in a Texas court for the man charged with murdering Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL whose best-selling autobiography was turned into the hit movie "American Sniper." About 800 residents of largely rural Erath County have been called as potential jurors in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, 27, charged with murdering Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range about 70 miles (112 km) southwest of Fort Worth on Feb. 2, 2013. Jury selection starts on Monday and opening arguments are planned for Feb. 11. Routh was arrested that day and has been jailed in Erath County on $3 million bond ever since. His court-appointed attorney, Warren St. John, said he will try to show that Routh was insane at the time of the incident, and therefore not guilty of murder.



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