.IT WAS A remarkable lapse in surveillance: exactly how did a sharpshooter mount an unsafe rooftop along with a straight line of sight to Donald Trump, who was actually standing a plain 150m away? Based upon online video footage, it looks like Mr Trump was actually millimetres from death-- saved through a fortunate turn of the crown a split second before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old coming from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Burglars got rid of a rally-goer just before being actually fatally fired themself.