principal ed bailey had gotten the news from the sheriff's office. >> i just about dropped the phone.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 student? a disgruntled parent? was any of that even remotely possible? >> i'm thinking and going back through, did he have any enemies? who possibly could have been upset enough or crazy enough to do something like this, you know? >> did you come up with any possibilities? >> well, there was one incident that i know that the family was very upset with him. >> school-related beef of some kind? >> school-related. but you know, nothing out of the ordinary, you know? nothing that should have ever rose to this level. >> reporter: neighboring districts were understandably on edge, too. were they next? >> my phone blew up from other schools, are we in danger? is this the beginning of something bigg