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A longtime friend says the California woman killed for apparently refusing to remove an LGBTQ+ rainbow Pride flag from outside her store was adamant that she would never take it down

Authorities say 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

Tributes have poured in for the 66-year-old mother-of-nine who was shot dead after an altercation over a Pride flag she was displaying

Shooter had history of posting hateful content online, sheriff says, and shot Laura Ann Carleton with gun not registered to him

Before a 27-year-old California man murdered a mother-of-nine over a Pride flag, he had been spewing anti-LGBT content on social media for some time. Rachel Sharp reports

Suspect tore down Pride flag and hurled homophobic slurs before killing California store owner, say police

Laura Carleton was a ‘true LGBTQ+ ally’ who refused to stop flying a Pride flag in the face of threats and harassment, friends say

Laura Ann Carleton was defending her Pride flags placed in front of her boutique when she was shot, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group said. A suspect was shot by police a short time after the incident Friday.