 Already 30 minutes before the crime took place, they had enough reason to detain this guy, at the very least, and delay the rally. But it gets even worse. At one point, and this part is, I mean, the whole thing's baffling, but this in particular. At one point, in full view of the snipers inside the command post, the gunman, quote, took out a range finder, prompting police sniper to radio his command post about it.