California Store Owner Shot and Killed Over “Pride” Flag Display: Police
A shop owner in Cedar Glen, California was shot killed on Friday by a man reportedly angered by a “Pride” flag being displayed at the store.
Screen image via NBC News shows a “Pride” flag crumpled on the sidewalk in front of Mag Pi.
Lauri Carleton, image via Facebook.
Laura “Lauri” Carleton, 66, was reportedly shot in the head after she confronted a man (reported to be 27 years old) who had torn down the flag from in front of her store, Mag Pi. The alleged gunman, who has not been identified, was killed in a “lethal force encounter” when police tracked him down shortly.
Carleton, who friends say was an “ally” to the “LGBTQI+ community”,
