.IT WAS A sensational gap in surveillance: exactly how performed a sniper mount an unprotected roof with a direct view to Donald Trump, who was standing up a mere 150m away? Based upon video footage, it appears like Mr Trump was millimetres coming from death-- spared by a blessed turn of the head a flash prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old coming from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Burglars eliminated a rally-goer just before being fatally shot himself.