.IT WAS ACTUALLY A stunning gap in surveillance: exactly how performed a sniper mount an unprotected roof with a straight line of vision to Donald Trump, who was standing up a mere 150m away? Based upon video footage, it seems like Mr Trump was millimetres coming from death– spared through a blessed turn of the crown a split second prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Crooks eliminated a rally-goer before being fatally shot themself.