.IT WAS A stunning lapse in protection: just how carried out a sniper mount an unsafe roof with a direct view to Donald Trump, that was standing up a mere 150m away? Based on online video footage, it seems like Mr Trump was actually millimetres from fatality– conserved through a fortunate turn of the crown a flash just before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Scoundrels got rid of a rally-goer prior to being actually fatally fired themself.