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when conducting a background check of Allen.
He had recently been working for a company that provides tutoring and helps students prepare for college entry exams.
One of his tutoring students was this 17-year-old 11th grader, Jason.
We're only using his first name because he's a minor.
Allen helped him prepare for his physics courses.
He said Allen's politics and ideology never came up.
On the street where Cole Thomas Allen lived, law enforcement spent much of the night gathering evidence that might explain what led to last night's shooting.
Allen, a graduate of Caltech, worked for a company that provides tutoring and preparation for college entrance examinations.
Among the evidence that law enforcement was looking for overnight were such things as computers, cell phones, and external digital storage devices.
It began as a missing person investigation.
Immediately, the focus centered on 21-year-old David Anthony Burke, L.A.
County District Attorney Nathan Hockman.
Last September, it turned into a murder investigation.
Prosecutors believe the motive was to prevent Celeste Rivas from revealing possible criminal acts involving Burke.
Attorneys for Burke say he is innocent.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
It began as a missing person investigation.