New details have been released on the gunman who has been charged with killing a Caltech astrophysicist who was labeled as a genius by his colleagues.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, 67, was shot in his torso by a gunman who approached him on his porch on February 16.

Freddy Snyder, 29, has now been charged with Grillmair’s murder and is being held on a $2 million bail.

A new investigative report by The New York Post has revealed that Snyder was released from jail two months before the murder took place after a judge released him under California’s unnecessary prosecution law.

Per The New York Post:

A gunman accused of shooting dead a world-famous Caltech genius last week was let out of jail just two months ago despite a felony gun charge, the California Post has learned.

Freddy Snyder was released by a judge using an “unnecessary prosecutions” law in December — before allegedly going on to kill Carl Grillmair in Llano last week.

The 29-year-old was picked up two days before Christmas for carrying a loaded firearm and an attempted jail escape, but was released on his own recognizance.

The felony case was suddenly dismissed under the Penal Code 1385 California, often referred to as PC 1385, a code ultimately decided by the judge.

The murder took place in Llano, a rural area of northern Los Angeles.

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Grillmair chose to live at a remote location because it offered complete darkness at night with no light pollution, which made it possible for Grillmair to make better astronomical observations.

What motivated Snyder to allegedly target Grillmair at his remote residence is still unknown.

According to Caltech’s bio page of Grillmair, his research interests included “Dark matter, Galactic structure, stellar populations, and exoplanets.”

Grillamir also found water on a distant planet that was orbiting a star.

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