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Procession escorts ex-Navy SEAL Kyle to burial AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After a 200-mile journey, former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was buried Tuesday in Austin as his family members and fellow SEALS looked on amid the sounds of drums and bagpipes. A giant Texas flag flew at half-staff over the Texas State Cemetery as Kyle was laid to rest. Kyle, considered to be the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history, was killed along with a friend earlier this month while at a North Texas gun range. A white hearse carrying Kyle’s flag-draped coffin was among 200 vehicles in a procession that left Tuesday morning from Kyle’s hometown of Midlothian, about 25 miles southwest of Dallas, to travel to Austin. Many motorists pulled to the side of roads to watch the procession that included motorcycles, motor coaches, police cruisers and other vehicles. Larry Key, one of about 100 Patriot Guard Riders who gathered for the event, said he came in
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Mourners with American flags watch as the long funeral procession for slain former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle travels along Interstate 35 headed for his final resting place at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas, Tuesday. tribute to Kyle’s service. Kyle, 37, completed four tours in Iraq and wrote the best-selling book “American Sniper.” “It’s our way of honoring Chris and his family,” said Key, a Vietnam veteran from Denton. In Austin, hundreds of
people gathered on roads stretching nearly a mile from the cemetery. Many who came to watch the procession were combat veterans in leather jackets who parked their motorcycles three wide around the permitted area of the gravesite.
Others were businessmen in suits on their lunch break from the nearby Capitol, families with strollers and at least one jogger taking a break from an afternoon run. Mike Lamb, 24, stood about a half-mile from the cemetery wearing a mus-
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DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer for Kwame Kilpatrick attacked the credibility of three key witnesses who testified at the former Detroit mayor’s corruption trial, telling jurors Tuesday that they were “bought and paid for” through plea deals with the government. James Thomas urged the jury during his closing argument to find reasonable doubt in the government’s case, which included weeks of testimony about Kilpatrick’s alleged misdeeds during his nearly seven years in office, including bribery, extortion, conspiracy and fraud. He said Kilpatrick’s access to large amounts of cash was due to savings and gifts from city workers and allies in the community. Thomas was deeply skeptical about very successful Detroit-area businessmen being portrayed as extortion victims who
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southwest of Fort Worth, on the afternoon of Feb. 2. Routh later fled in Kyle’s truck. According to a search warrant, Routh told his sister and brother-in-law that the men “were out shooting target practice and he couldn’t trust them so he killed them before they could kill him.” On Monday, some 7,000 people attended a twohour memorial service for Kyle at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Kyle’s coffin was placed at the Dallas Cowboys’ star at midfield. His widow, Taya Kyle, told the crowd she was broken but that her family would “put one foot in front of the other” to get through their grief. She said she told her two children that they will remember Kyle’s silly side, Texas twang and the prayers they prayed together. Littlefield’s funeral was held Friday in Midlothian. Afterward, Littlefield’s relatives said the outing with Routh was intended to be therapeutic.
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tard yellow Marine Corps shirt and holding a sign that read, “Fair Winds and Calm Seas Frogman! R.I.P.” Lamb said he called in sick from work to see the procession. Because of that, he was at first reluctant to give his name. But he then rationalized that it didn’t matter. Next month, Lamb is leaving for boot camp in the Marines. “(Kyle) was the last person that I would have expected to end up like that,” Lamb said. “Because he was so into Wounded Warriors and helping soldiers with (post-traumatic stress disorder). He was a warrior overseas and at home.” An Iraq War veteran, Eddie Ray Routh, 25, has been charged in the killings of Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Routh’s brother-in-law told authorities that Routh had recently been diagnosed with PTSD. Authorities say Kyle, Littlefield and Routh arrived together at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range, about 50 miles
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