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Never-Before-Seen Dashcam Video: Chris Kyle's Killer Leads Police on Dramatic High-Speed Car Chase
February 12, 2015
Intense footage was shown to jurors in Stephenville, Texas.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- Prosecutors on Thursday showed jurors never-before-seen police dash cam footage of the high-speech car chase that preceded the arrest of Eddie Ray Routh for his involvement in the deaths of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield on Feb. 2, 2013.
Watch the raw video, which does not include audio in compliance with a court order from District Judge Jason Cashon, below:
After initially hitting the gas and fleeing police, Routh is seen speeding through the streets of Erath county in what is believed to be Kyle's black truck. At one point, a police officer is observed attempting to disable the truck by crashing into it, but Routh blows through the impact and speeds away.
Some time later, Routh is seen slowing down to a crawl and then finally putting the truck in park and exiting the vehicle to surrender to swarming police.
The jury also heard additional audio of officers screaming at Routh to surrender as he refused to exit the vehicle.
"Eddie! Eddie!" an officer is heard screaming. "Turn it off!"
A police officer also tells Routh he can stay in the truck, but asks him to throw him the truck's keys as a gesture of cooperation.
"Why can't you just get in the truck?" Routh is seemingly heard asking. The exchange continues for several minutes with Routh refusing to comply to the police's requests and claiming he didn't know what was going on.
Routh pleaded "not guilty" as his attorneys pursue an insanity defense. If convicted of capital murder, he faces life in prison without parole.
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