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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The 27-year-old man who police say shot and killed a California business owner over a Pride flag draped in her store appears to have had a yearslong history of posting disturbing — and often violent — anti-LGBTQ messages on social media.

The suspect, Travis Ikeguchi, gunned down Laura Ann Carleton, 66, on Friday, after confronting her and “yelling many homophobic slurs” over her clothing store’s Pride flag, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said at a news conference Monday. Shortly after fleeing the store, Mag.Pi, Ikeguchi was killed in a shootout with law enforcement.

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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 57 points 10 months ago

This just in: shitty person has a history of being shitty, more news at 11

[-] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

Funny how obsessed he was with guys sucking each others dicks. Repressing something?

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 40 points 10 months ago

Seems like stochastic terrorism again.

Also a little surprised the police shot him instead of making nice. On the one hand I'm not sad the violent bigot is dead. On the other summary execution by the police is fucked up.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

You mean the results of stochastic terrorism? Because what he did was just plain terrorism.

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[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Summary execution? It’s a gunfight, he was shooting at the police using his gun.

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[-] cubedsteaks 22 points 10 months ago

Holy shit 200 some comments and everyone just fed a stupid troll.

[-] datszechuansauce@infosec.pub 8 points 10 months ago

Right wingers are here forum sliding and everyone's falling for it

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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

27 years old. Barely not a fucking stupid kid. I wish you could see how much pain you caused. I wish you could've let it go. What did you think you'd accomplish, I don't care because it hurts to think about what you could've accomplished of you lived your life with peace rather than anger.

[-] Staccato@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Quit making a martyr out of this loser and wannabe terrorist. He deserves to die in obscurity, not have his story told as part of the victim's own tale.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Ya don’t say….

[-] nl4real@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

This is a feature, not a bug, of the right. If you're not a part of their cult, THEY. WANT. YOU. DEAD.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

What's GAB like nowadays anywayd

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