Posted on 08/19/2023 8:20:22 PM PDT by Ennis85
A beloved store owner in Lake Arrowhead was shot and killed during a dispute over a Pride flag, officials say.
The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Friday at the Mag Pi clothing store on Hook Creek Road in Cedar Glen.
When deputies arrived, they found 66-year-old Laura Ann Carleton with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
According to the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, the suspect, who has not been identified, "made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton."
Deputies found the suspect near Torrey and Rause Rancho Roads, armed with a handgun.
"When deputies attempted to contact the suspect, a lethal force encounter occurred and the suspect was pronounced deceased," read an update from the sheriff's department. No deputies were injured.
The Lake Arrowhead LGBTQ spoke out about the shooting, saying though Carleton didn't identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, she spent her time helping and advocating for everyone in the community.
San Bernardino County Third District Supervisor also spoke out about the shooting, calling it "unthinkable."
"I stand with my mountain communities as we mourn this incredible loss," she wrote in an Instagram story. "Everyone deserves to live free of hate and discrimination and practice their constitutional right of freedom of speech. Lauri was a remarkable member of the community and I send my deepest condolences to her family in this time of grief."
The shooting remains under investigation.
+1
It certainly was deadly in this case.
Mocking God’s colors isn’t a way I would want to die and stand before him on judgement day
As "the suspect.... has not been identified," this is a half-story. It will be clarified when the identity of the dead man is revealed and more known. A dead adult and probably perp has no "right to privacy," so the ABC and the police have not as yet told what they likely already know. A half a story is not and end to the story. Wait a day or two.....
Unless the store owner was in the process of killing the perpetrator there is NO excuse
And CWII rolls on...unabated.
their constitutional right of freedom of speech.
funny how this only pertains to all the protected classes and not us.
Remember all the school shootings AKA gun control vegas shooting and a trans manifesto thats kept from us. The fish has been stinkin for a long time here
I wasn’t looking for excuses. I was looking for an explanation other than a guy who hated LGBT flags. That seems very weak. I suspect a closer relationship, daughter seduced, wife seduced, killer mentally ill. This may be the whole story but it seems random.
All the information provided in this story comes from the SBCSD.
no kidding
the two witnesses are dead
yet LEO knows what conversation took place and the motive
I certainly don’t go for this rainbow crap, but I do not see killing someone over it.
Her. Read the excerpt.
He’s one of the dead.
Yep. Some trans activists probably shot her, cuz she wouldn’t display the infinite colored homosexual flag.
Agreed, but it is appropriate and decent to withhold disclosing the ID until the next of kin have been privately and gently notified.
Fair point. Nothing.
Weird the article said the suspect MAY have made some disparaging remarks. So no one knows why the dirtbag shot the lady or if the flag had anything to do with his act. Yet the headlines tell us she was shot over a pride flag.
Yup—the Cabal is rubbing our noses is their perversity and hoping some straight white males “lose it” and become poster boys for their “hate” narrative.
It is kinda obvious.
Those who raise the false flag will also ride and kick your sign before burning it.
True, but in how many news stories is "the motive remains unclear" pressed, but in this one "allegedly gunned down over Pride flag" is featured across so many headlines?
In another mass murder perpetrated by a transsexual last March, the "manifesto" is being withheld from the public. Next of kin notified, and all.
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