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
by morning it was clear, keith would not pull through, those closest to him sensed it was time to say their goodbyes. what did you say to him? just i said you didn t deserve this and i love you. goodbye. that was it. at keith spread side becky, keith s wife of 33 years wept and as keefe slipped away along with the sorrow was the lost hope that he could shed any light on who had done this to him. no one believed chief brian had an enemy in the world so as the search for the apologetic intruder got underway, one clue was as simple as the victims name. coming up!
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.
neighborhood? yes, all of that was going on. well with a yielding? anything? very little. very little. then, among the firefighters and their wives, the third entirely different idea was banded about. no one is sure who said it first, but soon some were wondering out loud if keith hadn t been the intended target at all. there was a theory out there that perhaps this intruder was looking for a different fireman. and why would anyone think that? not far from the brines home in a mustang lived the oklahoma city chief, his name? keith bryant. brian with the tee at the end. the whole keith bryant theory that maybe they got the wrong fire chief? you know, that did not occur to me until i got to the hospital and that was the first time someone had brought up a mistake i.d..
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