A 66-year-old businesswoman was murdered on Friday following a reported argument over a rainbow pride flag she displayed outside her store.
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00:00 >> Meantime, making news across California, a 66-year-old businesswoman was murdered Friday
00:05 following a reported argument over a rainbow pride flag she displayed outside her store.
00:11 Josh Campbell has more. >> It is an international symbol of equality,
00:17 the mere act of proudly displaying it leading to Lori Carlton's death.
00:20 >> Over a flag, come on. I mean, we've lost a lot of people in our country over our flags.
00:28 And some people don't like them. >> 66-year-old Carlton was shot inside
00:32 her Southern California clothing boutique Friday following a confrontation over the pride flag
00:37 displayed outside the shop's entrance. >> This is absolutely devastating. No one
00:41 should die for who they love or for standing in solidarity with love.
00:45 >> Reaction to Carlton's death poured in on social media, including Hollywood director
00:49 and friend Paul Feig, who directed films including Bridesmaids and the reboot of Ghostbusters.
00:55 We're all devastated for her husband, Bort, and her family and the LGBTQ+ community for whom
01:01 Lori was such a true ally. Governor Gavin Newsom posted, this disgusting hate has no place in
01:07 California. Carlton, a mother of nine children, did not identify as LGBT, but advocated for everyone
01:13 in the community. The organization Lake Arrowhead LGBTQ+ said in a statement, she will be truly
01:19 missed. Carlton's daughter told the New York Times the flag hanging outside the store had been
01:24 removed numerous times by different people over the course of the past two years.
01:27 Authorities say the suspect fled on foot, armed with a handgun, and was killed during an encounter
01:33 with police. Detectives learned the suspect made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag
01:39 that stood outside the store before shooting Carlton. The shooting comes as the LGBTQ community
01:44 faces ongoing threats of violence and an unprecedented wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
01:50 in 2023, according to the Human Rights Campaign. New details just released after a deadly mass
01:56 shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado. It was so scary. I heard shots, broken glass,
02:03 bodies. How? Why? You can draw a straight line to those murders from the hateful rhetoric and lies
02:14 that have been spread about drag queen story hour. Police in New York are looking for this man. He's
02:21 seen throwing the brick at a window of an LGBTQ+ bar in New York City. It is the third time this
02:27 same bar has had its windows smashed. After this video was released showing a woman getting out of
02:33 a white SUV and setting a pride flag on fire in front of Little Prince Restaurant in Soho,
02:38 an arrest has been made. When hate is paired with a gun, the results are deadly. And when our elected
02:43 leaders promote hateful rhetoric and push discriminatory policies, they foster this
02:47 culture where this kind of violence is a result. Meanwhile, in this small California mountain town,
02:53 members of the community are grieving the loss of the latest apparent victim of anti-LGBT hate
02:58 in America. I never dreamed something like this could happen in this community.