like this could happen in this community. josh, i understand police have just released new information. reporter: yeah, significant update just moments ago. the suspect in this case has now been identified as 27-year-old travisic gucci of san bernardino county, california. he didn t have identification on his person. as if he we needed further proof this was an anti-lgbtq act here, authorities say at the store friday afternoon, he tore down the flag outside the store and was yelling to authorities homophobic slurs. carleton confronted him. she was shot and killed. he was firing on sheriff s deputies, who ultimately returned fire, shooting and killing him. authorities say they have uncovered a significant social media presence by the suspect. he had an account on twitter as well as an account on gab, which of course is a platform that s popular with the far right. authorities, anderson, say that they found many homophobic posts on that account as well as
when lecture leaders promote rhetoric and they fought to this culture around s is the result. meanwhile in the small california mountain town, members of the community are grieving the loss of latest apparent victim of anti lgbtq hate in america. i never dreamed something like this could happen in this community. and recently subjects released new information. yeah, significant of just moments ago from sam bernardino sherr county 27-year-old travesty could gucci of san bernardino county california. authorities say it took time to identify him because after he was shot and killed, he didn t have identification on his person. now, as if needed for the proof this was an anti lgbtq act here, authorities say that at the store friday afternoon, he tore down the flag outside the store and was yelling according to authorities homophobic slurs carleton then confronted him, she was shot and killed. authorities said he fled about a mile away. he was firing upon sheriff s
after he shot and killed, police say that he did not have any identification on his person. now, as if we needed any further proof that this was an anti lgbtq attack, authorities say that he went on friday afternoon to lori carleton s store and tore down the pride flag outside of that store and was allegedly yelling homophobic slurs. she came out to confront him and was sadly shot and killed by that suspect. police said he flood about a mile and started shooting at responding deputies. they were returned fire, shooting killing that suspect. one key piece of information that we learned from the suspect pertains to the social medias presence. he had a twitter account, a account on the platform gab, which is popular among far-right extremists. the roof anti-material and and i please material. laura and was a beloved member of her community, her daughter earlier tonight spoke with anderson cooper. take a listen to what she had to say. she always put the needs of
suspect made several diaraging remarks about the rainbow flag that stood outside the floor before he shot carleton. the suspect was later killed during a confrontation with deputies. joining us with the latest developments in this investigation is cnn security correspondent josh campbell. josh, just a short time ago the sheriff in san bernardino county gave a significant update in that investigation. what is the latest on this case? abby, we learned a lot of new information. authorities say they have identified the suspect as a 27 -year-old resident from the area where the shooting took place. now, it took police a while to positively identify him because, after he shot and killed, police say that he did not have any identification on his person. now, as if we needed any further proof that this was an anti lgbtq attack, authorities say that he went on friday afternoon to lauri carleton s store and tore down the pride flag outside of that store and was allegedly yelling homophobic slu
just last month, 28-year-old owe shaye sibley was dancing at a brooklyn gas station when a group of men yelled homophobic slurs, one of them fatally stabbing sibley. our community has seen a lot of violence, it is stretching out to the allies in our community. reporter: a fearless defender, now possibly the latest target of mounting hate. you can t make sense of it. hate is senseless. they re looking into whether the suspect had been to carleton s store in the past. we know he lived in area and we should note that friend we talked to said her pride flag had been pulled down in the past on multiple occasions by multiple people, noting carleton would either hang it right back up or replace it with a larger pride flag. this one woman said it all, it is so senseless, so disturbing. maggie vespa, thank you. a couple of health alerts now. three people are dead in a listeria outbreak, linked to milk shakes in washington state. this outbreak was traced to a