.IT WAS A spectacular gap in safety: exactly how did a sniper mount an unsafe rooftop with a direct line of vision to Donald Trump, who was standing a simple 150m away? Based on online video footage, it looks like Mr Trump was actually millimetres coming from death– saved through a privileged turn of the crown a flash before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old coming from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Criminals eliminated a rally-goer prior to being actually fatally shot himself.