Samus, you fool!!!
So basically if he was slotted for night kill there was no way to stop that?
The way I understand it: yes. And the Mafia knew this apparantly and most townies didn't.
So Lyner spotted this after the fact (he's town) and I suppose an experienced player like EM would've spotted this as well. (or another experienced player) TW knew it seems, so maybe he spotted it and told the rest of his scum friends, but I doubt it as it's his 1st game, but who knows, he's smart.