.IT WAS ACTUALLY A sensational gap in protection: just how performed a sniper mount an unsecured rooftop along with a direct view to Donald Trump, who was standing up a simple 150m away? Based upon video recording footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres from death-- spared by a fortunate turn of the crown a split second prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Criminals eliminated a rally-goer prior to being fatally shot himself.