Travis Ikeguchi had a history of sharing anti-LGBTQ+ content on social media and “yelled many homophobic slurs” at Laura Carleton before he killed her, police said.
A Pride flag ripped off its flag pole is seen outside the entrance to the Mag.Pi clothing store is seen in Cedar Glen, near Lake Arrowhead, California, on Aug. 21, 2023. The owner of the store, Laura Ann Carleton, was fatally shot on Aug. 18 by a man who"made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag" displayed outside her store, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's department. The suspect was later killed during an encounter with deputies.
“The content of Ikeguchi’s social media posts contained posts critical to the LGBTQIA community,” Rodriguez said. “She was murdered over a pride flag that she proudly hung on her storefront,” Ari and Kelsey Carleton, two of the shop owner’s nine children, wrote on Instagram. “Make no mistake, this was a hate crime.”California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the shooting of the shop owner as “absolutely horrific,” saying that “this disgusting hate has no place” in the state. San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe, a Republican, called the killing a “senseless act of hate and violence.
There have been multiple incidents this year in New York City of people tearing down, damaging and burning Pride flags. In June, a Pride flag hanging outside of a city hall building in Tempe, Ariz., was taken down and burned. “Her flags had been torn down before and she always responded by putting up a bigger one,” her daughters said.
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