.IT WAS ACTUALLY A spectacular lapse in surveillance: just how did a sniper mount an unprotected roof along with a straight view to Donald Trump, who was standing a mere 150m away? Based on video footage, it seems like Mr Trump was actually millimetres coming from death-- conserved through a fortunate convert of the head an instant before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Crooks eliminated a rally-goer just before being fatally fired himself.