.IT WAS A spectacular gap in protection: how did a sharpshooter mount an unsecured roof with a direct line of sight to Donald Trump, who was actually standing up a mere 150m away? Based upon online video footage, it resembles Mr Trump was millimetres from fatality-- saved by a privileged convert of the head an instant just before Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Criminals eliminated a rally-goer just before being actually fatally fired themself.