keith reed, his body, had been found. >> immediately, the dog and he found the body in the shrubs. >>th's girlfriend, kimberly, was driving to a new job that morning when she got the news. she couldn't believe what she was hearing. >> he's dead. they found him. and i just started crying and i said, no, that's not possible. >> reporter: but tucked into the hedgerow about 50 feet from his driveway lay keith reed's body. he had been shot three times, twice in the back, once in the chest, all at close range. >> it was like, wow. how could this happen? who could have done this? why would they do it? >> reporter: those same questions were soon roaring through the halls of keith's school. principal ed bailey had gotten the news from the sheriff's office. >> i just about dropped the phone. just couldn't believe it. >> we were talking about keith reed? >> yeah. my friend. >> reporter: along with the shock in the community came an unnerving question, given the national climate of school-related shootings, could keith reed have been targeted because of his work leading the district? an angry stu