A Southern California family says an ordinary tutoring appointment turned into a moment of disbelief after they recognized a familiar face tied to theassassination attempt on President Donald Trump.
Nathania Miranda and her father Joaquin Miranda had been heading to a tutoring session in Torrance when Joaquin Miranda spotted a photo ofCole Tomas Allendoing the rounds,ABC7 Eye Witness News reported.
“I screenshot the photo of him, and I showed her like, ‘Do you know this guy?’ I know this guy because I talked to him just once. I talked to him like two weeks ago,” Miranda told the outlet.
Allen is facing federal charges for attempting to assassinate Trump during the White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC on Saturday.
“When I went in the car, my dad showed me a photo of him, and I was like, ‘Yeah, I know him. He tutored me three times,’” teenager Nathania recounted. “He didn’t make me really nervous. He just was like a regular tutor.”
Federal prosecutors say Allen is now facing multiple federal charges that could result in a life sentence. Back in Torrance, the realization has left parents shaken.
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“It’s scary. It’s scary, very scary,” Joaquin said. “Because you bring your kids … and it was like an assassin guy.”
According to the family, there were no obvious warning signs during Nathania’s tutoring sessions. She described Allen as calm and focused on his work, even occasionally talking about a video game project he was developing.
“He was talking about his video game, and yeah, he was talking about it when he was tutoring me, too,” Nathania told the local affiliate.
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