>> i did. it was -- thank you. it was extremely difficult this morning. i'd actually did a remote with miss parker and adam about three weeks ago when our schools opened up here. we did the same type remote in rocky mount. >> how did the news hit you? >> it is really stopped me in my tracks this morning. like many viewers, i was watching this morning's broadcast and couldn't understand really what was happening myself. at that time. >> emotional for you, sheriff? >> very emotional. >> lot of people might have assumed it was an act of terrorism. what difference would it make whether this was person a knew versus someone they didn't? >> right. we're continuing to investigate it as a criminal investigation, a homicide investigation at this time. thank you all very, very much.