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 President Trump was not a fan of the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Some Olympians are struggling with representing the US. One Bad Bunny mystery: What's with the No. 64? Ghislaine Maxwell had a behind-the-scenes role in Clinton world. Report an error