Montana man sentenced to 18 years for targeting LGBTQ+ community in shooting plot.
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John Russell Howald, a Montana man, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firing an AK-style rifle at the home of a lesbian woman and threatening other LGBTQ+ residents in his town. Howald was armed with multiple firearms and high-capacity magazines and hoped to inspire similar attacks around the country. His sentence comes during Pride Month and as the Human Rights Campaign has declared a national state of emergency for the LGBTQ+ community in the US.
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