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Suspect ID’d in Fatal Shooting of California Store Owner Over Pride Flag

‘DISGUSTING HATE’

A 27-year-old man shot Laura Ann Carleton after yelling “many homophobic slurs” about her store’s Pride flag on Friday, police said.

A rainbow flag
Antonio Bronic/Reuters

A 27-year-old man who fatally shot a store owner in Lake Arrowhead, California on Friday did so after ripping down a Pride flag outside her storefront and yelling “many homophobic slurs” at her, according to authorities.

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