. >> obviously he was not happy with the pub blisty at the time.ter: those rantings scalated quickly into persona attack on twitter. even reports against him, the reporter and maryland judges who handled the defamatione c filed and lost. >> it made me feel uncomfortable. enough to go to the police and ask forvestigation. we all felt threatened there. >> reporter: he warned his own family, held a news room meeting and arted the front desk but that reporter moved on. in a pho call hours after the shooting he told the eye tea ramos knew that. >> who would think something four years later that happened under my watch would come to this. i sick to my stomach. he was really wanted us. eric and me. >> reporter: he lost long tim friends in thursday's shooting. editors he hired years ago but he feels he did everything he could, including reporting the threats to police. >> the police didn't feel like thereno wash there that they could pursue it. >> reporter: police dispute thaa saying i the newspaper's decision. >> there was a fear that doingo so exacerbate