.IT WAS A spectacular lapse in protection: just how did a sharpshooter install an unsecured roof along with a straight view to Donald Trump, who was actually standing a simple 150m away? Based on video recording footage, it resembles Mr Trump was millimetres from death-- spared by a lucky convert of the head a flash prior to Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, fired at him. Crooks got rid of a rally-goer prior to being fatally fired themself.