BAKER — Colleagues and friends of retired Baker Police Captain Danny Beck say they can't believe the community figure is gone after he was killed over the weekend.

Deputies said the 79-year-old was shot to death by his 25-year-old grandson Nicholas Smith, who reportedly admitted to the killing.

Assistant Chief of Police Chris Becnel served under the former captain when he first started at BPD. Becnel said he was shocked to hear the news of Beck's death.

"Everybody was equally as shocked as I was. They had a lot of questions as to why this would happen. 'Why would a grandchild kill their grandfather?' As of right now, we don’t know," Becnel said.

The former police captain served the community for more than 30 years before retiring. B ecnel said he remembers Beck as a firm supervisor

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