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 A Minnesota gubernatorial candidate's daughter has been killed. FBI images show masked man at Nancy Guthrie's front door. Police raided a 'bikini cafe' and arrested 17. One Bad Bunny mystery: What's with the No. 64? Report an error