 and that they saw him outside three times in the minutes leading up to the attack. A law enforcement official told CBS that no action was taken after one of the snipers spotted Crooks looking up at the roof of the building. The gunman disappeared around the corner before he was seen a second time sitting down and looking at his phone, prompting one of the snipers to take his picture. They took his picture. You know, maybe they made some nice 8x10s and some wallet size. The sniper then radioed to a command post after seeing Crooks take out his range finder.