Vem Miller, alleged Trump rally gun-toter, is a thriller to residents of his former Las Vegas neighborhood
LAS VEGAS — Vem Miller, the armed suspect arrested Saturday close to the Trump rally in Coachella, California, appeared to have stored a low profile in his former Las Vegas neighborhood, the place neighbors mentioned they solely noticed the one-time Nevada Meeting candidate a handful of instances in his years of dwelling on the block.
Miller, 49, reportedly lived with an older couple believed to be his mother and father in a rental dwelling in Lavender Heights Courtroom, a small cul-de-sac within the Astoria Trails South gated neighborhood earlier than all of them moved out in 2022 — and allegedly left the place like a dump, neighbors instructed The Submit on Sunday.
“I acknowledge him, however I solely noticed him a few times within the years they have been there,” mentioned one long-term resident who was proven an image of Miller however didn’t need to give his identify after being instructed his ex-neighbor was arrested on a firearms cost.
One other neighbor mentioned that when Miller and his presumed relations left, the property proprietor needed to renovate the 5-bedroom, 3-bath two-story dwelling estimated to be price $529,454.00, in accordance with Realtor.com.
“The place was trashed, the yard had sh-t throughout it, they let weeds develop,” mentioned the 39-year-old neighbor, a pest management enterprise proprietor who solely gave his first identify, Justin.
Miller and the others reportedly moved out of the neighborhood the identical 12 months the would-be politico got here in third within the GOP major for the Nevada Meeting race.
However earlier than that, Justin mentioned he “by no means actually noticed” Miller.
Each the exterminator and the neighbor who needed to stay nameless, mentioned Miller’s automotive had Canadian license plates, presumably from British Columbia.
Nearly all of residents of the gated neighborhood on the west aspect of Nevada didn’t know the gun-touting suspect who lived at quantity 8100, since they moved into the middle-class growth after Miller moved out.
Residents described the overall neighborhood as middle-class and composed of working households. However simply exterior its gates, gun violence erupted Sunday as The Submit was conducting interviews.
A Submit reporter noticed a person firing a weapon at a automotive in a parking zone throughout from the gated neighborhood by which Miller lived.
The gunplay occurred in an ungated neighborhood throughout North El Capitan Means from Miller’s former growth. A person walked as much as a slowly transferring sedan, banged his arm on it a few instances, then pointed a gun and fired a minimum of 4 pictures.
Astoria Trails South residents mentioned the neighborhood, although gated, is transient. A whole lot of the houses are leases, as Miller’s was and is.
Miller was arrested at a safety checkpoint exterior Donald Trump’s rally Saturday after sheriff deputies discovered a cache of faux passports and driver’s licenses, a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity journal in his automotive, officers mentioned.
He was booked on weapons costs and launched after posting $5,000 bail. The Secret Service mentioned that the previous president wasn’t in any hazard at his Coachella rally.
However Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco accused Miller of wanting to harm or kill Trump, saying his deputies “prevented the third assassination try” towards the Republican nominee at a press convention Sunday.
Miller referred to as the allegations “full bullsh-t” in an interview with the Southern California Information Group and mentioned he’s a Trump supporter who was unaware of the totally different gun legal guidelines between Nevada and California.
The Secret Service thinks it’s unlikely Miller was making an attempt to assassinate the forty fifth president and the FBI just isn’t probing the matter as an try on his life, sources instructed The Submit.
The Submit was unable to achieve Miller at his reported cell quantity, and textual content messages weren’t returned.
