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 FBI chief Kash Patel showed up in the Team USA hockey locker room. Deepak Chopra to Jeffrey Epstein: 'Bring your girls.' NC mom missing for 24 years doesn't want to be found. President Trump roll out a unique Supreme Court insult Report an error