Uncle says he, Routh smoked marijuana before shooting of sniper

Published 3:44 pm Friday, February 13, 2015

By Staff Reports

Court appointed defense attorney Tim Moore, left, shows James Watson, uncle to ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh, a marijuana pipe seized as evidence from Routh's house during Routh's capital murder trial at the Erath County, Donald R. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville, Texas, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Routh, 27, of Lancaster, is charged with the 2013 deaths of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range near Glen Rose, Texas. Watson testified that he smoked marijuana with Routh on the day of the killings. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley, Pool)

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STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — The uncle of the former Marine on trial for the fatal shootings of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man says he and his nephew smoked marijuana together before the shootings.

James Watson testified Friday that the girlfriend of nephew Eddie Ray Routh (ROWTH) had called him the morning of the shootings to say she was worried about Routh after a fight they had.


Watson said he went to Routh’s suburban Dallas house, where he and Routh had a wide-ranging conversation about life, work and relationships while smoking marijuana together.

Watson said he went home and napped, only to be awakened by Routh who showed him a 9 mm handgun and the black truck he was driving. He said Routh told him he was “driving a dead man’s truck.”

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