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Murderer of pro-gay shop keeper was self-brainwashed RW nutjob [1]

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Date: 2023-08-21  

And no, unlike too many news organizations’ stupid headlines, victim Laura Carleton wasn’t shot to death following a simple “dispute”, as if the crime was the end result of some sort of argumentative “disagreement” or “difference of opinion” that somehow “escalated”; she was was murdered by someone who showed up for the purpose of shooting her to death.

www.wnct.com/… Suspect who killed store owner had ripped down Pride flag and shouted homophobic slurs, sheriff says by: AP Posted: Aug 21, 2023 / 09:04 PM EDT Updated: Aug 21, 2023 / 10:15 PM EDT CEDAR GLEN, Calif. (AP) — A 27-year-old man killed by California sheriff’s deputies over the weekend after he fatally shot a store owner had ripped down an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside the business and shouted homophobic slurs at the woman, authorities said Monday. When deputies confronted Travis Ikeguchi on foot about a mile from the store Friday night, he opened fire on them, striking multiple squad cars, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus told reporters. Deputies returned fire and shot Ikeguchi, who died at the scene, Dicus said. No deputies were hurt. Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead at Mag.Pi, the store she owned and operated in Cedar Glen. The small community in the San Bernadino Mountains is roughly 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles. “Investigators determined that prior to the shooting the suspect tore down a Pride, or rainbow, flag that was hanging in front of the store and yelled many homophobic slurs toward Carleton,” Dicus said during Monday’s media briefing. Ikeguchi, who lived in Cedar Glen, frequently posted hate-filled content on social media, sheriff’s officials said.

In related news, I think I read that a pro-gay Unitarian church in Texas was recently firebombed following some Christofacist youtube “prank” video. These freaks are egging each other on all over the nation.

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