A grassroots LGBTQ+ centre was forced to close its doors for the day after bullet casings engraved with homophobic slurs were reportedly left on its doorstep.

Springfield police are investigating after the threatening message was found outside the Missouri-based nonprofit GLO Center’s office on Monday (22 September).

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.

“At this point, we reali

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