.IT WAS ACTUALLY A magnificent lapse in protection: just how did a sniper mount an unsafe rooftop along with a straight line of sight to Donald Trump, that was standing a mere 150m away? Based on video recording footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres from fatality-- conserved through a lucky turn of the head an immediate prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Scoundrels killed a rally-goer before being actually fatally fired themself.