.IT WAS A stunning lapse in safety and security: exactly how performed a sharpshooter mount an unsafe rooftop with a straight view to Donald Trump, who was standing a simple 150m away? Based on video recording footage, it resembles Mr Trump was actually millimetres from fatality-- saved by a fortunate convert of the crown a flash prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old coming from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Criminals killed a rally-goer before being actually fatally fired themself.