.IT WAS A sensational gap in protection: how performed a sharpshooter mount an unprotected rooftop along with a direct line of sight to Donald Trump, that was actually standing up a plain 150m away? Based upon video recording footage, it resembles Mr Trump was actually millimetres from death-- saved through a fortunate convert of the crown a flash before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Scoundrels eliminated a rally-goer before being fatally shot themself.