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Store owner shot dead by man reportedly angry at Pride flag in window [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2023-08-20

The owner of the Mag Pi clothing shop in Cedar Glen, California, was shot and killed Friday by a man reportedly angry at the rainbow flag she had hung in the window. Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found the suspect about a mile away and shot him dead.

The owner of a clothing shop in Cedar Glen was shot and killed Friday night, Aug. 18, after a person made several disparaging comments about a rainbow flag displayed outside the store, authorities said.

Two days later, the suspect has not been named and the circumstances under which police killed him have not been revealed.

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