ABOUT CHRIS KYLE
American military sniper known for recording more confirmed kills than any sniper in American history. He wrote a best-selling autobiography, American Sniper, which was turned into a 2014 Hollywood film of the same name, starring Bradley Cooper . In February 2013, he was killed by a colleague at a Texas shooting range.
He handled his first gun at the age of eight. As a young man, he enlisted in the military and was sent to Iraq, where his deadly aim caused the insurgents to place a bounty on his head.
He appeared on the reality TV series Stars Earn Stripes.
He was born in Odessa, Texas and he had two children with his wife Taya Kyle .
He and Canadian sniper Rob Furlong were both known for their record-setting distance kills.
