Who was Lauri Carleton, Mag Pi shop owner in California killed over Pride flag dispute?

Lauri Carleton, 66 was the proprietor of Mag Pi shop in Cedar Glen, California
She was shot dead after a disagreement regarding a Pride banner showed outside her business
She was a mother of nine

Lauri Carleton, 66, the proprietor of Mag Pi shop in Cedar Glen, California, was shot dead after a disagreement regarding a Pride banner showed outside her business.

The suspect tore down the shop’s pride banner prior to shooting and killing the lady on Friday. In the wake of running away from the wrongdoing area by walking, the suspect was killed by police when found close by, supposedly still furnished.

As per the police, the suspect made “stigmatizing remarks” about the banner prior to shooting the person in question, who died on the scene. The San Bernardino Province Sheriff-Coroner Office said, “a deadly power experience happened and the suspect was articulated departed”.

San Bernardino Region Boss Sunrise Rowe considered the occurrence a “silly demonstration of disdain and savagery.”

I didn’t know you.
You didn’t know me.
But you stood up for me.
You defended my right to love.
I will never, ever forget that.
My heart is broken.#LauriCarleton 🏳️‍🌈

— Joseph 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🌈🌊 (@GayVlogViewer) August 21, 2023

Who was Lauri Carleton?

Carleton was depicted as a “superb companion” by Hollywood chief Paul Feig. Feig posted a picture of them together in an Instagram post, he said he was “crushed” for Carleton’s family and the LGBTQ+ people group, “for whom Lauri was a genuine partner”.

“This narrow mindedness needs to end,” he composed. “Anybody utilizing disdainful language against the LGBTQ+ people group needs to understand their words matter, that their words can rouse savagery against blameless adoring individuals.”

She was a mother of nine.

Lake Sharpened stone LGBT, which is a nearby gathering said censured the episode as a “exceptionally miserable day” for the area, calling Carleton, a “companion and ally”, would be “really missed”.

She was “killed safeguarding her LGBTQ+ Pride banners before her store”, the gathering wrote in its own Instagram post. “Lauri didn’t distinguish as LGBTQ+, yet invested her energy helping and supporting for everybody locally.”