then came the real horror. 9-1-1 state your emergency. it was becky. a young man, about 25. and then the phone cut out. what would she say? dispatcher send police to the house. headquarters to available mustang units. becky called back. i just called 9-1-1 on myself phone. yes. are you coming my house? she said an intruder shot keep in the head. my husband is laying here, bleeding on my couch right now. and the a trudeau was getting away. oh my god. he is in a little, itty-bitty pick up. he s going down my street. he is, it s like a dark color. now the brave, fire chief who dedicated his life to saving others was in urgent need of help himself. okay, i ve got to go. no. ma am stay on the line with me. the police spread to the house. but the questions came just as fast. who was the shooter? this intruder on the loose. and could he be found?
going on in the neighborhood. and another witness testified that he told police at the time, he saw a truck matching the one that becky described, driving near the bryan s the night of the shooting. that was the key to the case. he had a person in a matching truck speeding, driving a radically. that had come up on him and almost hit a vehicle. all within blocks. but the statements that witness gave investigators only surface a few weeks before trial. they didn t follow up on it. there were cameras at two different businesses right there at that intersection. and one additional detail that contradicted the prosecution s case. becky s brother, david, testified that there was an innocent explanation for the inheritance that she mentioned to her ex lover. she wasn t talking about life insurance. becky was about to inherit a diamond ring. it was my answering.
the benefit of the doubt? absolutely. and you walked out of the interview thinking that there is a possibility she is going to become an official suspect? at that time there was definitely a possibility, yes. when the interview ended, detective mcneill and the other investigator went back to the house and that is when he made a key discovery. in the utility room, in the clothes dryer, a gun. that must of been kind of a bingo moment. that was a big moment for all of us because not only was the gun in the dryer but the gun was wrapped in a blanket, a shell casing was in there as well and also a glove. did you immediately think about the logistics of becky s story as far as where this man came in? where he exited? she had told us that he came into the home, shot keefe and walk directly back out the same way that he had come in, she
into the air. the blaze were contained but it was unclear what caused it. the pentagon has announced a 725 million dollar weapon deal for ukraine as russian forces step up their strikes in the kyiv region. the deal includes ammunition for the high mobility rocket systems, 5000 anti tank weapons and vehicles. now back to dateline. d vehicles now back to dateline welcome back to dateline, i m craig melville. word was spreading that keefe brian s killer might have mistaken him for another fire chief with a similar name to at least one fellow firefighter that theory didn t make sense, it was days after the shooting and something else was becoming the top of the town. a strange behavior keefe s wife, becky, here again is andrea
from what i could tell. she was a good mom. keith worked as a fireman. his dream job. in the well to do, oklahoma city enclave of nicholas hills. terry hamilton served alongside keith. and if the fireman who are like brothers, the wives were like sisters, says terry s wife, kim. keith had a good sense of humor. he was outgoing. and he was really driven to succeed. and he did. promoted all the way to fire chief in 1991. but keith never lost his personal collection with the people that he served. he was one of the first responders. he was. that s when he looked on that lady that was trapped underneath the rubble. he wouldn t leave her. was he a hero in your? eyes i think so. i was pretty proud of him as a friend for that. as for becky? she was a force in the