Death of Fort Hood soldier from Ogden may have been homicide .

KILLEEN, Texas - Police are investigating the end of Jed Paul "Cole" Naisbitt, a Fort Hood soldier from Ogden.

Killeen police officers responded to a study of gunshots fired about 1 a.m. Saturday and found Naisbitt's body sitting in a car. Killeen is the metropolis at the capture of the Central Texas Army Post.

"I'm devastated by it," said Jed Naisbitt, his father.

"It's never going to be OK with myself or family."

Police have not ruled on the nature of Naisbitt's death as of Monday but suspect it will be homicide, said Killeen Police Capt. Margaret Young.

He was really proud to be a soldier and loved to endure his uniform, his mother said. Naisbitt did not make enemies, but he "could've been killed only because he was a soldier," his mother said.

Naisbitt was stationed at Fort Hood with the 1st Cavalry Division as a health care specialist. He united the Usa in May 2007 and was deployed to Iraq from December 2008 to November 2009.

The Army recognized him as a decorated soldier, awarding him five medals and two ribbons during his 3 days of service.

His house and friends knew him by his nickname, Cole, and for his caring heart and daring spirit.

Jeremy Savage, of Ogden, met Naisbitt nine days ago, and from that day on it was one chance after another with him, Savage said, "whether it's skydiving with strippers in Las Vegas . or going fishing at 3 in the morning."

Savage said his friends fondly refer to them as the Crazy Cole Adventures.

They also remember his loving heart, especially for children.

Naisbitt was alleged to arrive home with an honourable discharge right before Christmas, Savage said, adding that Naisbitt was passing to give a new girl's Christmas wish list come true through a toy program, as he had no children of his own.

One of Savage's favorite photos of his acquaintance is of him smiling ear to ear with a big group of children in Iraq. Savage's wife, Amanda, posted it to a Facebook page created to honor Naisbitt's memory.

"Cole really cared about every individual one of us and that right there tells you the sizing of this (man's) heart," his friend Matt Montoya wrote on the page.

This is not the family's first encounter with tragic death.

Naisbitt was the nephew of Byron Cortney Naisbitt, who was a torture victim in the 1974 Hi-Fi murders in Ogden, Savage said. Byron Cortney Naisbitt survived the ordeal, but his mother, Carol Naisbitt, and two others did not.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.