Chris Kyle, 38, a former Navy Seal and author of bestselling book American Sniper: The autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history was shot and killed by former marine, Eddie Ray Routh on Saturday afternoon at a gun range in Glen Rose, Texas. Chad Littlefield, 35, neighbor and fellow military veteran, was also gunned down at the scene.

According to CNN, Routh fled the scene in Kyle’s pickup truck after firing shots at both men, and was found about 75 miles away from the scene of the crime, at his home in Lancaster, where attempted to flee again, only to end up being stopped and arrested about 6 miles down the road. He is now being held at the Erath County jail on a combined $3 million dollar bond on two counts of murder for the double shooting. No one knows the motive behind the two murders commited by Routh, as his family was not available for comments, nor has an attorney been placed on record.

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