.IT WAS ACTUALLY A magnificent gap in surveillance: exactly how carried out a sharpshooter mount an unsafe rooftop with a direct line of sight to Donald Trump, who was actually standing a mere 150m away? Based upon online video footage, it looks like Mr Trump was actually millimetres from death-- conserved through a fortunate convert of the crown a split second prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, shot at him. Criminals got rid of a rally-goer prior to being fatally shot themself.