That 's how family members and friends have described Eddie Ray Routh , the man on trial for the slayings of Chris Kyle , subject of the hit film `` American Sniper , '' and Kyle 's friend , Chad Littlefield , at a Texas firing range two years ago . Eddie Ray Routh 's sister says he she told him : ` ` I love you , but I hate your demons '' He is on trial for the 2013 shooting deaths of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield . The mother of a man who shot dead three people in his home before turning the gun on himself said her son was ''a good kid.''
Eddie Ray Routh 's sister says he she told him : ` ` I love you , but I hate your demons '' He is on trial for the 2013 shooting deaths of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield . The mother of a man who shot dead three people in his home before turning the gun on himself said her son was ''a good kid.''