{"id":10537,"date":"2012-03-28T23:31:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T06:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=10537"},"modified":"2012-06-30T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T19:14:08","slug":"family-friends-community-remember-reed-keith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/03\/28\/family-friends-community-remember-reed-keith\/","title":{"rendered":"Family, friends, community remember Reed Keith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many came out Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil for Reed Keith, the business owner shot multiple times during a robbery at his store on March 23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>LANCASTER – Nearly 200 gathered in front of e-Chaps Computer and More Wednesday evening to celebrate the life of Reed Keith, the beloved Lancaster business owner murdered during a robbery at his store on March 23.<\/p>\n

Attendees lit candles, embraced and cried quietly as family members, close friends, customers and even those who didn\u2019t know Keith at all, stood before the crowd to share their thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never been in the shop and I don\u2019t know him at all, but it happened so close to where I live that I just wanted to show community support for this man,\u201d said Lancaster resident Sheila Avery.
\n\"\"<\/a>\u201cI wanted to be here in support of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those that knew Reed Keith spoke about his quiet and humble demeanor, his generosity and wry sense of humor, and his genius and love for fixing computers \u2013 often times for no charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had that love for it to the point where he wanted all the computers that nobody else could fix,\u201d said former customer Roland Hardson of Lancaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God Reed had a good retirement from Southern California Edison, because if you heard a lot of people, he didn\u2019t charge a whole lot to fix computers,\u201d said Lancaster City Council Member Ken Mann, a personal friend to Keith since Keith began leasing business space from the Denny\u2019s franchisee next door.<\/p>\n

Mann said he and fellow council members, Marvin Crist and Sandra Johnson, attended the vigil to pay their respects to the family of Reed Keith on behalf of the City of Lancaster and the Lancaster City Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re concerned anytime something happens as crazy as what took place last week,\u201d Mann said. \u201cObviously that\u2019s a terrible tragedy and we wanted to make sure that people understood that the City Council just doesn\u2019t tolerate those kinds of actions in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many residents of the city of Palmdale attended the vigil, as well.<\/p>\n

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Casey Keith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe wanted to let the family know that there are people from Palmdale who are here to offer their condolences and that we feel their grief even though we do not live in the same city,\u201d said Palmdale resident Debbie Dino. \u201cWe are just as concerned about the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s one of those situations where there for the grace of God go each one of us,\u201d said Palmdale resident Sandy Corrales-Eneix. \u201cI think that an attack or an assault or a murder upon any one of our citizens is an attack or an assault on each one of us\u2026 it\u2019s a shock and it\u2019s a little bit of a loss of innocence for each one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keith\u2019s daughter, Casey Keith, said she was overwhelmed and appreciative of the turnout and said it was a testament to the impact that her father had on the community.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThis was amazing, just so many people from the community came out to show their support and love and honor and respect,\u201d said Casey Keith. \u201cI can\u2019t ask for more\u2026 it\u2019s a real dedication to the personality of my dad and that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many vigil attendees also placed flowers, cards, and notes in front of the store and gave donations to support the family.<\/p>\n

Casey Keith said donations are still welcome in support of Keith\u2019s widow, Helen, who does not have retirement or aftercare. Donations can be made to Helen Keith and dropped off at AV Computer Doctor, located at 44519 10th<\/sup> Street W #105.<\/p>\n

Contact Casey Keith at 661-729-2823 for more information.<\/p>\n

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Alleged getaway driver arrested in Friday\u2019s robbery murder<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – Nearly 200 gathered in front of e-Chaps Computer and More Wednesday evening to celebrate the life of Reed Keith, the beloved Lancaster business owner murdered during a robbery at his store on March 23. Attendees lit candles, embraced and cried quietly as family members, close friends, customers and even those who didn\u2019t know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}