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 An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. Hundreds of South Koreans were detained at a Georgia factory site. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. This is one hike they won't soon forget. Report an error