'I 発射 them because they wouldn't talk to me': 殺し屋's 自白 to 副 after he 殺人d 'American 狙撃者' Chris Kyle as possible 動機 is 明らかにする／漏らすd for first time

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Eddie Ray Routh 自白するd in 刑務所，拘置所 to gunning 負かす／撃墜する 海軍 SEAL 狙撃者 Chris Kyle and his friend because they would not talk to him during a long 運動 to a ライフル銃／探して盗む 範囲, a police officer has 証言するd.

遺伝子 Cole, a former patrol 副 in Erath 郡, 明らかにする／漏らすd for the first time a possible 動機 in the 事例／患者 as he took the stand at 27-year-old Routh's 殺人 裁判，公判 in Stephenville, Texas, on Friday.

Dressed in his police uniform, he told the 法廷，裁判所: 'I heard Mr Routh say, "I 発射 them because they wouldn't talk to me. I was just riding in the backseat of the トラックで運ぶ, and nobody would talk to me.'

He 追加するd that the former 海洋 believed Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield had forgiven him. '[He told me], "I feel bad about it, but they wouldn't talk to me. I'm sure they've forgiven me",' he said.

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証言: 遺伝子 Cole (pictured in 法廷，裁判所), a former patrol 副 in Erath 郡, 証言するd on Friday that Eddie Ray Routh 発射 dead famed 海軍 SEAL 狙撃者 Chris Kyle and his friend because they would not talk to him

被告: Mr Cole told the 法廷，裁判所: 'I heard Mr Routh say, "I 発射 them because they wouldn't talk to me. I was just riding in the backseat of the トラックで運ぶ, and nobody would talk to me.' Above, Routh in 法廷，裁判所 Friday afternoon

殺人 裁判，公判: Routh (pictured, 中心, during his 資本／首都 殺人 裁判，公判 in Texas) is （刑事）被告 of 狙撃 dead the two 兵士s at a 狙撃 範囲 in February 2013. The ex-海洋 has pleaded not 有罪の by 推論する／理由 of insanity

Gunned 負かす／撃墜する: Former 海軍 SEAL Chris Kyle, left, and his fellow 退役軍人 Chad Littlefield, 権利, were killed

Routh is （刑事）被告 of 狙撃 dead the two 兵士s at a Texas-based ライフル銃／探して盗む 範囲 in February 2013. His 弁護士／代理人／検事s have （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the 被告, who had PTSD, was in a psychotic 明言する／公表する at the time.

The 殺し屋 has pleaded not 有罪の by 推論する／理由 of insanity. At the end of the 裁判，公判, 賠審員s must decide whether or not he 故意に committed the 殺人s and knew that his 活動／戦闘s were wrong.

On Friday, Cole, now a Belton police officer, said Routh 自白するd to 殺人ing Kyle and Littlefield 'because they wouldn't talk to me' on June 22, 2013, more than four months after the 殺人，大当りs.

At the time, Routh was an inmate at Erath 郡 刑務所，拘置所.

After Cole's bombshell 証言 - the first time a possible 動機 for the 殺人，大当りs has been 明かすd - 裁判官 Jason Cashon 停止（させる）d 訴訟／進行s for the day. 証言 will 再開する on Monday morning.

Earlier in the day, 賠審員s heard that Routh gunned 負かす／撃墜する Kyle and Littlefield, before stealing Kyle's 乗り物 and 運動ing to his uncle's house, where he told the man: 'I'm 運動ing a dead man's トラックで運ぶ.'

Taking the stand, Routh's uncle, James Watson, 述べるd his 甥's 活動／戦闘s in the wake of the 殺人s - and also?明らかにする／漏らすd?how they had both smoked 'strong' マリファナ before them.

Questions: Earlier in the day, 賠審員s heard that Routh gunned 負かす／撃墜する Kyle and Littlefield, before stealing Kyle's 乗り物 and 運動ing to his uncle's house, where he told the man: 'I'm 運動ing a dead man's トラックで運ぶ.' Above, Routh's uncle James Watson (権利) looks at photographs 申し込む／申し出d by the 弁護 on Friday as he 証言するs

証拠: Texas 特別奇襲隊員 David Armstrong 持つ／拘留するs up 証拠 掴むd at Routh's home. During his 証言, he said 麻薬 paraphernalia and マリファナ was 設立する inside this Hershey's box

設立する: He also 持つ／拘留するs up a hookah 麻薬を吸う, left, and a box of 9mm ピストルd 弾薬／武器, 権利, 設立する at the home

Watson, 45, told the 法廷，裁判所 how Routh had struggled to find a 十分な-time 職業 and 'didn't seem to find much joy in his life after he （機の）カム 支援する' from serving in Iraq and Haiti.?

On February 2, 2013, Watson said he smoked 少しのd with his 甥, who had just argued with his then-girlfriend, and they chatted about his 関係 troubles.

'His work 状況／情勢 and his 関係 were the two main things upsetting him that morning,' he said. 当局 have said they believe Routh also 消費するd whiskey before leaving the house, but Watson said it was uncommon for them to drink in the morning.

'I don't remember drinking whiskey that morning, but it doesn't mean I didn't,' he said.

Still, the マリファナ was strong, he said, and his buzz lasted around three hours.

Search: Erath 郡 地区 弁護士／代理人／検事 Alan Nash points to a diagram of former Routh's Lancaster, Texas, home while 尋問 特別奇襲隊員 Armstrong, who said they also 設立する alcohol and psychotic 薬／医学s inside

降伏する: Routh 結局 stops and 降伏するs and climbs out of the car with his 手渡すs raised

About 90 minutes after smoking, Routh was 選ぶd up by Kyle and Littlefield and they went to the 狙撃 範囲. While there, he 発射 both men in the 支援する, 殺人，大当り them, and then stole Kyle's トラックで運ぶ.

When he arrived at his uncle's home and said, 'I'm 運動ing a dead man's トラックで運ぶ', Watson misinterpreted 'dead man' as Rou th himself, he said.

'He thought people were out to get him,' Watson 証言するd.

Routh also showed his uncle a 黒人／ボイコット 9mm handgun, which was owned by Kyle and which he used to kill Littlefield at the 範囲 of Rough Creek 宿泊する and 訴える手段／行楽地, 当局 have said.

There is no 疑問 over the fact that Routh was 責任がある 狙撃 Kyle, a married father-of-two with the most kills to his 指名する in U.S. 軍の history, and his friend.

逮捕（する）d: Nash 持つ／拘留するs up an image of Routh 手錠d in the 支援する of a police car on the night of his 逮捕（する）

Instead, the 弁護 and 起訴 are trying to 証明する whether or not he was driven by mental illness when he carried out the 殺人s.

Also on Friday, a 特別奇襲隊員 証言するd that he 設立する whiskey, 麻薬 paraphernalia and 薬／医学 for schizophrenia in Routh's home the day of the 狙撃s - giving some insight into his troubled life.?

特別奇襲隊員 David Armstrong told the 法廷，裁判所 that he discovered a nearly-empty 瓶／封じ込める of whiskey, an empty glass and 麻薬 paraphernalia, 含むing bongs, 麻薬を吸うs, a grinder and マリファナ.

He also 設立する a prescription 麻薬, Risperidone, used to 扱う／治療する psychosis, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but 弁護 弁護士／代理人／検事 Tim Moore told the 法廷，裁判所 it had not been collected as 証拠.??

特別奇襲隊員s also 設立する 'an assortment of firearm 弾薬／武器' inside Routh's guest room - 同様に as Chris Kyle's 指名する and number written 負かす／撃墜する and pinned to his fridge, Armstrong said.?

Although the 起訴 suggesed that Routh had been numbed by alcohol or マリファナ at the time,?Armstrong said Routh had not smelled of either after his 逮捕（する）.

Instead, he （人命などを）奪う，主張するd in 法廷，裁判所 that the home smelled of マリファナ - although this was not 含むd in his 報告（する）／憶測 at the time.???

Chris Kyle's 未亡人, Taya Kyle, 迎える／歓迎するs a 支持者 before 法廷，裁判所 is in 開会／開廷／会期 on Friday

Support: Taya Kyle, who 証言するd in the 裁判，公判 earlier this week, 抱擁するs a reporter before the 訴訟／進行s

Kyle's 未亡人, Taya, was in the courtroom again on Friday. Earlier in the week, she gave emotional 証言 about the last time she ever spoke to her husband.?

On Thursday, 検察官，検事s showed the 陪審／陪審員団 a never-before-seen ビデオ of the moment Routh tried to 速度(を上げる） away from 当局 before he 結局 降伏するd.?

The ビデオ shows Routh 運動ing Kyle's トラックで運ぶ, which he stole after 狙撃 the men in their 支援するs at a Texas 運動ing 範囲, before スピード違反 away from police officers, who 追跡する him for nine minutes.??

Former 海洋: Routh, pictured in 法廷，裁判所 on Friday morning, served in Iraq as a small 武器 専門家技術者

But as he 近づくs Interstate 35E and Interstate 20, he is 軍隊d to stop 予定 to a technical difficulty - and he can be seen 現れるing from the 乗り物 with his 手渡すs raised as officers 急襲する on him.?

団体／死体 camera （映画の）フィート数 also shows police officers pleading with Routh to get out of the トラックで運ぶ for 30 minutes before the chase.

His 弁護士／代理人／検事 has 示唆するd Routh, who was 苦しむing from 地位，任命する-traumatic 強調する／ストレス disorder, was in a psychotic 明言する／公表する and thought Kyle and Littlefield were going to kill him.?

'Is the apocalypse upon us 権利 now?' Routh can be heard 説 on the 団体／死体-（機の）カム 記録，記録的な／記録するing.

The 27-year-old also talked about voodoo, hell, and the apocalypse, and wondered aloud to the 警官，（賞などを）獲得するs: 'I don't know if I'm going insane.'?

At different poi nts in the ビデオ, Routh made comments 含むing, 'I didn't sleep a wink last night at all,' 'I don't know if I'm going insane,' and, 'Is this about hell walking on earth 権利 now?'

In 法廷，裁判所, Lt Michael Smith 証言するd that Routh said something to the nature of: 'He had taken a couple souls and he had some more souls to take.'

'Everything's just happening so 急速な／放蕩な...I don't know if I'm going insane,' he told the police officer.

'That's what we need to 人物／姿／数字 out,' the officer 答える／応じるd. 'We need to 人物／姿／数字 out what you're thinking and then see if it's 権利 or wrong.'?

He 結局 sped away from officers.?

Routh's 弁護 弁護士／代理人／検事 R. Shay Isham argued that his （弁護士の）依頼人's ravings served as proof that he was out of touch with reality that night - but 検察官，検事s have argued that the fact he drove away, and had earlier stopped at a Taco Bell 運動-thru for two burritos, showed he was of 権利 mind.?

As the ビデオs played in 法廷，裁判所 on Thursday,?Littlefield's 親族s sobbed, while Kyle's 未亡人 Taya shook her 長，率いる, ABC 報告（する）／憶測d.

The 弁護 and 起訴 are trying to 証明する whether or not Routh was driven by mental illness when he carried out the 殺人s. Above, Kyle was an acclaimed 狙撃者 who later wrote the 調書をとる／予約する 'American 狙撃者'

Blockbuster 攻撃する，衝突する: The 事例／患者 has 伸び（る）d 国家の attention 予定 to 'American 狙撃者', the movie starring Bradley Cooper (pictured と一緒に Sienna Miller) and based on Kyle's memoir, which was 解放（する）d to 批判的な acclaim

Routh has pleaded not 有罪の to the 資本／首都 殺人 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s on the basis that he is mentally ill, 苦しむing from 地位，任命する-traumatic 強調する／ストレス disorder.?

Routh was a small 武器 専門家技術者 who served in Iraq and was （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to 地震で荒廃した Haiti before leaving the 海洋s in 2010.?

If 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 資本／首都 殺人, he 直面するs life in 刑務所，拘置所 without 仮釈放（する）.

The 事例／患者 has 伸び（る）d 国家の attention 予定 to 'American 狙撃者' - the movie starring Bradley Cooper and based on Kyle's memoir - which was 解放（する）d to 批判的な acclaim.