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 'I messed up,' says LaGuardia controller. A flight attendant was ejected in LaGuardia crash, still in her seat. A coaching moment went viral in the women's tournament. Reacher star may have gone a bit too Reacher-y on his neighbor. Report an error