Chris Kyle

There's already a memorial in this Texas town dedicated to the man that the movie, 'American Sniper', was based on.  And now Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would name part of a highway after Chris Kyle.

The death of 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle still strikes a chord with many still today.

STEPHENVILLE (AP) -- A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a former Marine in the deaths of famed "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and another man.

Last week, Governor Greg Abbott made the announcement that he was going to designate Monday, Feb. 2 as Chris Kyle Day in Texas.

View more videos at: http://nbcdfw.com. Thousands of people have flooded Cowboys Stadium to memorialize fallen former U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, who was shot and killed last week outside Fort Worth.

Chris Kyle, a highly decorated Iraq War veteran and one of the most accomplished snipers in American military history, was killed while at a gun range outside Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday. Reports are now surfacing about the man suspected of shooting him, Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine and also an Iraq vet, whom Kyle, 38, may have been trying to aid in coping with post-traumatic stress disorde