Store proprietor killed following dispute over Pride flag
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enterprise proprietor in California was shot lifeless outdoors her clothes store after a dispute over an LGBTQ+ Pride flag.
Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was pronounced lifeless on the scene of the taking pictures in Cedar Glen on Friday evening.
Officials mentioned that in an preliminary altercation at Carleton’s clothes retailer, a male suspect “made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton”. He then fled the scene.
Deputies have been capable of find the suspect, who was armed, and he was shot lifeless after a confrontation with the officers.
Carleton, who most popular to be known as “Lauri”, is survived by her husband and 9 kids.
She owned and operated the Mag.Pi clothes retailer in Cedar Glen, an unincorporated neighborhood within the San Bernardino mountains roughly 60 miles (100km) east of Los Angeles.
An LGBTQ+ group in close by Lake Arrowhead mentioned Carleton didn’t determine as a member of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood however hung out serving to and advocating for “everyone in the community.” She was defending her Pride flags positioned in entrance of her store on the evening of the taking pictures, the group mentioned.
There was an outpouring of help on social media, with commenters on the shop’s accounts expressing shock and unhappiness. Many included rainbow flag emojis.
Among these to pay tribute was Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, who remembered Carleton as a “wonderful friend”.
“We are all devastated for her husband Bort and her family and the LGBTQ+ community, for whom Lauri was such a true ally,” he wrote on Instagram, including: “This intolerance has to end. Anyone using hateful language against the LGBTQ+ community has to realize their words matter, that their words can inspire violence against innocent loving people. Let’s all keep moving forward with tolerance and love. Let’s not let Lauri’s tragic death be in vain.”
Law enforcement companies in a number of states have investigated the destruction of rainbow Pride flags as potential hate crimes lately.