An unidentified 27-year-old man confronted Laura Ann Carlton about her pride flag outside her shop and then murdered her.
On Friday, a 27-year-old man “made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carlton,” per a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. (Carleton’s friends say he also tore down the flag, though that detail wasn’t in theoutside of her shop, and the man shot her dead. The unnamed perpetrator then fled the premises but was soon located by law enforcement, who fatally shot him in a confrontation.
Carleton, whom friends and locals familiar with the shop remember as a beloved ally to the LGBTQ+ community, was pronounced dead at the scene. She leaves behind a husband and nine children. In a phone interview with the, Carleton’s daughter, Ari Carleton, called her mother “fearless” and “a pillar in the community,” noting that earlier this year, she’d converted the shop into a makeshift relief center after a severe blizzard.
“She opened up a free shop where she and my dad just gave out supplies to those in need who had been impacted by the storms,” Carleton recalled. “That really sums up who she was as a person.”director Paul Feig and comedian Bridget Everett—have been shared on social media since her senseless murder. “Lauri Carleton was shot and killed at her Lake Arrowhead store this weekend,” Everett wrote on. “Someone tore down the Pride flag she flew outside of her store, Magpi.
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