.IT WAS ACTUALLY A stunning gap in safety: exactly how did a sniper install an unprotected rooftop along with a direct line of vision to Donald Trump, that was standing a mere 150m away? Based upon video footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres from death– spared through a fortunate turn of the crown an immediate just before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Scoundrels eliminated a rally-goer before being actually fatally fired themself.