"The community group's executive director, Aaron Schekorra, reportedly found two bullets outside the centre's doors when opening up for the day. He told NPR that, after bringing the items inside, his team noticed they were engraved with threatening homophobic messages. "There's a word on each of them," he said. "One of them says in all caps 'DIE,' and the other one says a slur for queer people, and it starts with an 'f,' that I'd rather not repeat.""
"It comes after bullet casings engraved with a variety of messages were found at the scene of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk's murder. Kirk, 31, died after being shot in the neck during a debate on gun violence in Utah. The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, faces the death penalty over aggravated murder charges. After the bullets were found, several right-wing political figures falsely associated the messages with "transgender ideology," though experts have denied the engravings indicate a political belief or leaning."
GLO Center, a Missouri-based grassroots LGBTQ+ nonprofit, closed for the day after bullet casings engraved with homophobic slurs were found on its doorstep. Executive director Aaron Schekorra discovered two bullets upon opening and reported that the casings bore threatening messages including 'DIE' and a homophobic slur. Schekorra filed a report with the Springfield Police Department. Similar engraved casings were found at the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder, after which some right-wing figures falsely linked the messages to "transgender ideology." Experts have denied the engravings indicate a political belief. Research estimates about 16 of 3,708 US mass shootings since 2015 involved out trans people.
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