.IT WAS ACTUALLY A stunning gap in safety: exactly how did a sharpshooter mount an unprotected rooftop with a direct line of sight to Donald Trump, who was standing up a plain 150m away? Based upon video clip footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres from fatality– saved through a lucky convert of the crown a split second just before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Crooks got rid of a rally-goer prior to being actually fatally fired themself.