WHCD shooter’s professor breaks his silence on attack — and reveals what he was like as a student

Cole Allen, a 31-year-old from Torrance, California, attempted to attack the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. Allen earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 and a master's degree in computer science from California State University Dominguez Hills last May. His former professor, Bin Tang, described Allen as a 'very good student' who was 'soft-spoken, very polite, a good fellow.' Allen had worked for C2 Education, tutoring high school students, who expressed shock at the news. Before the attack, Allen sent a manifesto to his family, calling himself the 'Friendly Federal Assassin' and revealing he targeted Trump administration officials. He was tackled by security officials and is currently being detained.