Pride flag killing suspect appears to have a long history of anti-LGBTQ social posts

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Pride flag killing suspect appears to have a long history of anti-LGBTQ social posts
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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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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.

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

Is there a better phrase for "he was killed without a trial" than "summary execution"?

Yes, killed in a gunfight. Execution by definition means that the person has already been subdued.