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"Her flags had been torn down before, and she always responded by putting up a bigger one. Our family is broken."

Friends, family, customers, and the LGBTQ community are mourning a Southern California business owner shot and killed Friday night by a man who authorities say...

Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was killed outside her fashion store in Cedar Glen, near Lake Arrowhead, after Travis Ikeguchi, 27, allegedly tore down a Pride flag.

The man accused of fatally shooting a Southern California clothing store owner after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, had social media accounts containing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-law-enforcement material, sheriff’s office officials said in a Monday news conference.

The suspected shooter, Travis Ikeguchi, 27, also died following a shootout with deputies after fleeing the first shooting, authorities said.

The suspect, who was killed by police, posted multiple images of burning Pride flags on social media.

Sheriff’s investigators reported the identity of the man who shot and killed a 66-year-old woman, who displayed a Pride flag at her business

You knew this was coming.

The man accused of fatally shooting a Southern California clothing store owner after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, had social media accounts containing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-law-enforcement material, sheriff’s office officials said in a Monday news conference.