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Final moments before Pride flag killing emerge, along with disturbing portrait of gunman

In this file photo, a Pride flag ripped off its flag pole is seen outside the entrance to the Mag.Pi clothing store is seen in Cedar Glen, near Lake Arrowhead, California, on Aug. 21, 2023. The owner of the store, Laura Ann Carleton, was fatally shot Aug. 18 by a man who "made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag" displayed outside her store, according to the San...

For years before last week’s killing of a businesswoman who displayed a Pride flag in front of her Lake Arrowhead, California, shop, the gunman, Travis Ikeguchi, posted far-right, conspiratorial content to his social media accounts.

Most of it had no personal detail. There were rants against the LGBTQ+ community, posts about political correctness as well as anti-police content. Ikeguchi posted often on his Christian beliefs and about the importance of accepting Jesus Christ.

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