.IT WAS A spectacular gap in security: just how did a sharpshooter mount an unsecured roof along with a straight line of sight to Donald Trump, who was standing a mere 150m away? Based upon video recording footage, it resembles Mr Trump was actually millimetres from fatality-- spared through a blessed convert of the crown a split second prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Scoundrels killed a rally-goer just before being fatally shot themself.