.IT WAS A remarkable gap in protection: exactly how did a sharpshooter mount an unsecured rooftop with a direct line of sight to Donald Trump, who was standing a mere 150m away? Based upon online video footage, it looks like Mr Trump was actually millimetres coming from death-- spared by a fortunate turn of the crown a flash just before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Criminals got rid of a rally-goer prior to being actually fatally fired himself.