The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter assembled his arsenal from two California stores in the months and yearsbefore the attack.
Cole Allen purchased a Maverick 12-gauge pump-action shotgun from Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance last August and a Armscor semi-automatic pistol from CAP Tactical Firearms in Lawndale in October 2023.
Allen was charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon after allegedly tryingto storm the banquet in DClast night.
Agents revealed he was carrying a shotgun, a pistol and knives on him when he was taken down by officersjust yards from President Trump.
Authorities also revealed Sunday he stored the weapons athis parents’ house in Torranceand regularly trained at a shooting range.
Turner’s Outdoorsman, which is near the suspect’s family home, bills itself as “Texas Freedom, California style” on its website.
It is a general outdoors store selling fishing gear, clothing and accessories — but also sells a wide range of pistols, rifles and shotguns.
It is managed by Jesse Sanchez, but the wider company is ran by CEO Bryan Harris. Meanwhile the pistol was bought from CAP Tactical Firearms, a family-run store run by Bill Mullen out of Lawndale.
Mullen, who established the store 10 years ago, sells rifles, handguns, ammo, tactical gear, knives, and shotguns at the modest looking store on Hawthorne Ave.
He told an LA website in 2017 he was fighting the stigma of firearms. “It is sometimes hard to remind people that not everyone who owns a firearm is a criminal,” he said.
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