san bernardino county. investigators determined prior to the shooting, that he tore down a pride or rainbow flag that was hanging in front of the magpie store. and yelled many homophobic slurs towards carleton. carlton, who worked at magpie, confronted the man, and during the confirmation, he shot and killed carleton. nbc s maggie vesper spoke to a friend a neighboring store owner about that moment. basically, he screamed, lori s been shot. close your door. he might still be out there. and i said, oh my gosh, is she okay? and he said, no, i think she s been killed. hearing the words is something very shocking. it is shocking. this is the latest on what has been a string of violent attacks on lgbtq folks, people expressing support for them. just over three weeks ago, a 28 world gay dancer in new york city was just out with his friends, when he was stabbed to