STEPHENVILLE -- The family members of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield are sitting inside a Stephenville courtroom again as Eddie Routh faces charges of murdering the two men.
Thursday the jury learned that both Littlefield and Kyle had loaded guns on them when their bodies were found on Feb. 2, 2013. Routh has admitted to shooting the men at an Erath County shooting range.
More graphic photos were introduced to evidence -- photos that show the two men after they were shot to death. The judge warned the gallery of graphic content, and many family members of the victims, including Taya Kyle, stayed to see it.
During opening statements on Wednesday, defense attorneys said Kyle and Littlefield had enough weaponry in their truck for an army. On Thursday we got a look at many of those firearms.
Crime scene photos shown in court capture various rifles laying around the scene, including a long-barreled rifle with a scope, a semi-automatic handgun and a revolver.
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The state made it clear to the jury that every rifle found by investigators was empty -- implying that every round had been shot during the murder.
The state then had the investigator unseal evidence of containers holding the weapons used during the murder. At one point the ranger was asked to hold a spent revolver cylinder and walk it to the jury to prove it was empty.
During the questioning of Taya Kyle the day before, she was asked extensively about Chris' knowledge of firearm safety. She said as a Navy Seal he was highly trained -- to such an extent he would make his children treat Nerf guns as if they were deadly weapons.
Dash camera video of Lancaster police arresting Routh in Kyle's stolen truck was also shown to the jury.
Kyle and Littlefield took Routh to the shooting range in an attempt to help the troubled veteran -- something Routh's mother asked them to do.
The state argued that Routh was mentally unstable, under the grip of a deep psychotic episode. They say he believed he was the one that would be murdered if he didn't fire first.
The jury must decide whether Routh was of a sound mind when he murdered the men and whether he knew what he was doing was wrong.
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