Well, because it was inconvenient to see him until after he fired.
And since he missed, well shucks gotta go do our jobs now.
That’s the most likely reason.
I now don’t trust them.
One of the sharpshooters said that he was told to stand down unless the guy started shooting. Supposedly he was fired for that.
Do not know yet if this is true. Just heard it amongst all the chatter.