.IT WAS A stunning lapse in protection: just how performed a sniper mount an unsafe roof along with a direct view to Donald Trump, who was actually standing a mere 150m away? Based on video clip footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres from fatality-- saved through a blessed convert of the crown a flash before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Crooks eliminated a rally-goer just before being fatally shot themself.