{"id":2009081,"date":"2023-08-23T09:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-store-owner-who-proudly-hung-pride-flag\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:41:39","slug":"police-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-store-owner-who-proudly-hung-pride-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-store-owner-who-proudly-hung-pride-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Police ID suspect in shooting of store owner who displayed Pride flag."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-store-owner-who-proudly-hung-pride-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>California Business Owner Fatally Shot in Pride Flag Dispute<\/h2>\n<p>Police have identified the suspect \u2064responsible\u200c for the tragic shooting of Laura\u2064 Ann Carleton, a beloved\u2064 California\u2062 business owner. The incident occurred on Aug.\u200d 18 and stemmed from \u2062an alleged dispute over a pride \u200cflag displayed outside her \u2063store.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, \u2063Travis Ikeguchi, 27, of Cedar Glen, \u200bCalifornia, was shot and killed by police \u2062during the incident. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-promoted-idea-that-trump-loyalists-might-have-killed-capitol-police-officer-one-month-later-they-issue-significant-update\/\" title=\"NYT Promoted Idea That Trump Loyalists Might Have Killed Capitol Police Officer. One Month Later, They Issue Significant Update.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> initially<\/a> had difficulty identifying him as he was not carrying any\u2062 form of \u2062identification at the time of\u200d his death.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/targets-sales-hit-by-pride-month-merchandise-boycott-5469509\">Target&#8217;s Sales Hit by &#8216;Pride \u2063Month&#8217; \u2062Merchandise Boycott<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/16\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/oregon-cancer-patient-says-shes-denied-medical-treatment-after-objecting-to-pride-flag-5449004\">Oregon Cancer Patient Says She Was Denied Treatment After\u200b Objecting to Pride Flag<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/11\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to\u2062 law enforcement officials, Mr. Ikeguchi used a semi-automatic handgun to \u2064shoot and kill Laura Ann \u200bCarleton. The firearm\u200b used in \u200bthe murder is believed to be\u200c unregistered, and investigators are\u200b working with other law enforcement partners \u200bto gather more information about \u200bit.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Carleton,\u2062 also known as \u200c&#8221;Lauri,&#8221; was tragically killed outside her clothing\u200c store, Mag Pi, in Cedar Glen. Responding officers \u200cfound her with \u200da gunshot wound, but despite the efforts \u2062of emergency medical personnel, she could not be saved.<\/p>\n<h2>Suspect&#8217;s Homophobic Actions<\/h2>\n<p>After shooting Laura\u200b Ann Carleton, Mr. Ikeguchi fled the scene on foot. \u2064Law enforcement officials launched a search and eventually located the suspect, who was armed with a handgun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When deputies attempted \u200dto contact the \u2063suspect,\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-store-owner-who-proudly-hung-pride-flag\/\" title=\"Police ID suspect in shooting of store owner who displayed Pride flag.\">lethal force encounter occurred<\/a> and the suspect was pronounced deceased,&#8221; police said. &#8220;No deputies were injured during the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation revealed that the suspect had made derogatory \u2064remarks about a rainbow flag displayed\u200c outside the store before carrying\u2063 out the shooting.<\/p>\n<h2>A Pillar in Our Community<\/h2>\n<p>Sheriff\u200b Shannon Dicus stated that Mr. Ikeguchi had expressed criticism of the LGBT community and law enforcement on social media. \u2064The\u200d suspect acted \u2063alone and \u2063fired at multiple patrol vehicles before being fatally shot by \u2063the police.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Carleton&#8217;s shooting death has shocked the community, with California\u200d Governor \u2062Gavin Newsom condemning the act as &#8220;absolutely horrific.&#8221; He emphasized that \u200chate has no place in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Described\u2062 as a dear friend, mom to many, ally, organizer, entrepreneur, and founding member of the Mountain Provisions\u200c Cooperative, \u2063Laura Ann Carleton was a pillar in the community. Her values of equality and love will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have named Travis Ikeguchi, 27, as the suspect who fatally shot Laura Ann Carleton, 66, in California. The incident occurred on Aug. 18 after a reported disagreement over a pride flag outside her store. Carleton, a married mother of nine, was tragically killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2009082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}