A tragic situation could have turned chaotic without cooler heads getting involved Friday night after a Toledo police shot and killed a robbery suspect.

But why did tensions get to a boil when police and city leaders have been working to build trust in the community?

Toledo mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz believes Toledo's work in the community in the past helped ease tensions when the situation became heated. But he also says releasing the police dashcam video of the incident provided a true accounting of what happened.

The shooting incident involving a Toledo police officer and 25 year old Lamar Richardson at Lagrange and Hudson could have been an explosive incident.

False rumors parading as facts on social media brought emotions to a boil. Some out in the street assumed the worst and seemed prepared for a fight.

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz says the "the passions are real."

But he says releasing the police video of the incident four hours after the shooting quickly calmed the situation.

He says the video speaks for itself and all the rumors were put to rest.

Kapsuzkiewicz told 13bac's Bill Hormann, "I really believe all any of us can do is continue to talk to each other and learn from each other and to be as open and transparent as possible."

It also helped that black community leaders quickly showed up walked onto a scene that seemed to be combustible.

Councilman Larry Sykes classified the crowd as "hostile and name calling."

He saw the agitation first hand. But he says most of the agitators were drunk or high and uninformed.

Sykes told 13abc over the weekend, "You get this moment and they are just acting crazy. Why are they acting crazy? Because its a show for them."

But both the mayor and Sykes say, without the video, without the true facts so quickly revealed, this incident could have gone from tragic to catastrophic.

Yet there is concern that there could still be trouble.

The city is aware of a couple groups on social media that want to come here this week and next to voice concern about the shooting.

That's why the mayor insists working to build trust with the community will continue after the shooting just as it has before the shooting.