World | Tikrit US Soldier Held in Iraq Contractor's Shooting Death Contractor for Houston-based KBR shot to death, died at 8:30am By Mat Probasco Posted Sep 14, 2009 5:33 AM CDT Copied A US soldier in Tikrit, Iraq, where an American contractor was shot to death. (Getty Images) A US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher was an employee. Read These Next Jeffrey Epstein had quite a collection of big-name pen pals. Trump: I'm ordering up investigations on Democrats over Epstein. Outrage after 13-year-old victim of deepfake nudes is expelled. Four Arizona lawmakers had quite the unexpected flight. Report an error