his wife, the only witness. this detective knew them both. she started telling me about a man coming into their home and shooting keith. her job now? solve this crime. and clue number one, was a doozy. she said that after his shot, he turned to her and said, i m sorry ma am. i m sorry? a killer who apologized? and that was just the start. the gun, stashed in a drier. a man s glove but whose dna? a woman with a whole lot to reveal. she tossed her talk to me. she just ripped it off? i was shocked! hello, and welcome to dateline. keith bryan was a devoted fire chief who spent his career helping those in trouble. the local here you had a job of his dreams, and a life he adored. but then in one night, a gunshot shattered their life. and expose the secrets at the heart of a complicated crime. here s andrea canning with mystery in mustang. just about 20 miles southwest of downtown oklahoma city. such a town, called mustang. once, farmers and ranchers dotted t
keith s deputy hamilton didn t think so. i never was concerned about that. why not? for one thing it would ve been four years since we had hired anybody, so nobody is going to sit and stu for four years and then all of a sudden get mad and shoot the guy that didn t hire him. but if the shooter wasn t angry over a job in keeps fire department there was another possibility. one that neighbors of the bryan s worried about, keith did projects on the house was the killer someone who had wanted a construction job and didn t get it? one neighbor told police that a few weeks earlier a stranger had been driving around asking for work as a handyman. he said the man had a funny face and drove an old pickup truck. he also remembered seeing a similar truck the night of the shooting. are you interviewing neighbors? are you asking people if they saw anyone suspicious in the neighborhood? if they saw truck in the
where it went out that a brazen intruder had shot fire chief keith bryan in his own home and within minutes first responders swarmed the house, securing it as a crime scene. as keith was rushed to the hospital, his wife becky stayed behind. detectives were on their way as she spoke to her brother david on the phone. she was crying and frantic i set settle down it will be okay who is with you? her son was there. janet hickman a good friend of the family and wife of a fire chief herself rushed over to the brian s. i went over hugged her neck and told around sorry i was god would get us through this. keith s deputy chief hamilton reached becky on her cell phone. i told her not to worry, he will do a full investigation and they will figure out who did it. at the house, becky was on the rear patio on the phone with friends and family repeating the story of the armed intruder.