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- LA GAY PRI PARA: MAN TAED WH ARSENAL OF WEAPONS BEFORE EVENT
MAN WH WEAPONS WAS HEAD TO L.A. GAY PRI PARA
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Forty-ne people were killed at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, what marks the adlit mass shootg U.S. history. * gay pride shooting 2016 *
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(Bottom) People wave flags durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla. In New York, a massive vigil formed at the Stonewall Inn, the symbolic birthplace of the gay rights movement.
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"Stonewall is 'where we go when thgs like this happen, ' said Andy Humm, host of the 'Gay USA' TV show. " "Gay bars and clubs are supposed to be our safe haven, " 48-year-old Milack-Carras, jog at the vigil, told the New York Tim. It brgs back memori of when vlence was regular at gay bars.
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