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Travis Ikeguchi was identified as the suspect accused of shooting and killing Laura Ann Carleton.

Cars. they say ikeguchis social media counts are filled with antigay posts and theyre investigating this as a potential hate crime. fridays murder leaving the town stunned, neighboring store owner and friend robin lyles says a customer broke the terrible news. >> basically screamed, lauris been shot, theyre saying shes been killed. >> reporter: the 66-year-old leaving behind a husband of 28 years and a blended family including nine children. two of her daughters remembering their mother as fearl...

Deputies later killing ikeguchi in a shootout. the sheriff says the 27-year-old was armed with an unregistered semiautomatic handgun adding his social media is rife with anti-lgbtq posts. >> it looks like the suspect acted alone, but we want to be sure that thats the case. >> reporter: carleton didnt identify as lgbtq, but friends say she was an ally. her death comes amid a rise in attacks against the lgbtq community. one study tracking more than 350 incidents of hate and extremism between june ...

Lake arrowhead. here cbss elise preston. >> reporter: the pain palpable as community members cling to each other for comfort. signs of love and support flood the space where loved ones and say hate killed lauri carleton. carlton was shot and killed friday after police say the shooter made several disparaging remarks about the pride flags hanging outside her shop. her best friend tell cbs news my phone that she exchanged words with the man and went back into the store and that is when he shot her...

A store owner was fatally shot by a man who allegedly made “disparaging remarks” about a rainbow LGBTQ pride flag outside her shop, the sheriff's office said.

Harwood received more than 66% of votes, as his 6,835 votes were good for 68.8% of votes, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Voters in 11 Western North Carolina counties elected new sheriffs this year, following a number of retirements and leading to a changing of the guard in this region.