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Florida woman, 58, faces manslaughter for shooting her Black neighbor after years-long feud over kids playing outside, as cops conclude it was not a ‘stand your ground’ case

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Florida woman arrested for shooting her black neighbor neighbor after a two-years long feud over the victim&&num;8217&semi;s kids playing outside in a field near her home&comma; on Friday <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Mother-of-four Ajike &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AJ” Owens&comma; 35&comma; died from her injuries after being shot through her white neighbor’s front door in Ocala&comma; Florida&comma; after the pair continued a long feud over the kids playing <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Susan Lorincz&comma; 58&comma; is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm and culpable negligence for the after fatal shooting of her neighbor through her front door during an argument<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Lorincz was in custody Tuesday&comma; four days after the shooting&comma; as protests were held calling for authorities to make an arrest <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let me make that clear&comma; this was not &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground&period;’ It was an unjustified shooting&comma;” said Sheriff Billy Woods&comma; expressing his disbelief that the shooter acted in self-defense <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332627&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Lorincz is also charged with assault and battery against Owens’ kids for throwing a skates which hit one child as they played in an earlier altercation <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Ajike-AJ-Owens-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442157" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"911"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ajike &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AJ” Owens&comma; 35&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was shot through her neighbor’s front door on Friday after the pair continued a two-year long feud over kids playing outside&period; The mother-of-four died from her injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Florida woman who fatally shot her neighbor&comma; the deadly conclusion to a years-long feud about the victim’s children playing outside&comma; was arrested and charged late Tuesday&comma; authorities said&period;<br>Susan Lorincz&comma; 58&comma; was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Ajike &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AJ” Owens&comma; Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said in a video posted on Facebook shortly after midnight Wednesday&period; <br>The arrest came after protests were held calling for authorities to arrest the shooter in the racially charged case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Susan-Lorincz-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442168" width&equals;"847" height&equals;"586"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Murder suspect Susan Lorincz &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm and culpable negligence for the after fatal shooting of her neighbor through her front door during an argument &&num;8211&semi; but only after protests were held calling for authorities to make an arrest<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">But sheriff’s officials originally were hesitant to charge Lorincz as detectives sorted out whether she acted in self-defense in accordance with Florida&&num;8217&semi;s stand-your-ground laws&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ms&period; Lorincz’s fate is now in the hands of the judicial system&comma; which I trust will deliver justice in due course&comma;” Woods said in a statement&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As I go to bed tonight&comma; I will be saying a prayer for Ms&period; Owens’ children and the rest of her family&period; I’d ask all of you to do the same&period;”<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;NYPICHPDPICT000012275198&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Ajike-AJ-Owens-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442178" width&equals;"830" height&equals;"1104"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Civil rights attorney Bren Crump highlighted the case of Owens who approached Susan Lorincz at her apt after she threw a pair skates that hit them&comma; leading to the argument and the shooting&period; Sheriff Woods has said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let me make that clear — this was not &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground&period;’ It was an unjustified shooting”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">35-year-old mother of four&comma; Ajike Owen was shot dead through her neighbor’s door in Ocala on Friday night in what Woods said in a Monday press conference was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year feud at an apartment complex&period; <br>The Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s department said the Susan Lorincz was angry at the children playing in a field near her home&period; Owens had gone to her neighbor’s home after the woman yelled at her children as they played in a nearby lot&comma; Woods said Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Susan-Lorincz-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442198" width&equals;"772" height&equals;"974"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Authorities in Marion County&comma; Florida said they do not believe the actions on Susan Lorincz meet the the standards of the the state&&num;8217&semi;s stand your ground law&period; She was arrested Tuesday and will be in court on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The neighbor had also thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children&comma; the sheriff previously said&period; The children left an iPad in the field which Lorincz confiscated&period; The oldest of the children approached her home to retrieve the item but she opened the front door and swung an umbrella at him&comma; before he went to tell his mother&period; <br>When Owens went to the door and knocked&comma; Lorincz shot her once through the door&comma; with her 10-year-old standing beside her&period; Owens was hit in the chest and died shortly after from her injuries<br>Lorincz has claimed that she shot in self-defense&comma; because Owens was trying to break her door down&period;<br>Marion County authorities said eye witness accounts and surveillance camera footage do not match her version&period; Some of the neighbors said Lorincz was yelling racial slurs at the children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Susan-Lorincz-shot-Ajike-Owens-through-the-door-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442192" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"401"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lorincz shot Owens once in the chest through the front door when the latter knocked on the door<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sheriff Billy Woods told Fox 35 that investigators had to get the full picture of what happened&comma; including talking to the victim’s four kids&comma; before an arrest was made&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And we got a bigger picture&comma; the full picture&period; And my detectives wanted to make sure that we closed all the loopholes&comma; so she would not have the defense of using the &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground’ law&comma; and this is not &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground&comma;&&num;8217&semi;” the sheriff told FOX 35&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let me make that clear — this was not &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground&period;’ It was an unjustified shooting” &&num;8211&semi; meaning the shooter didn’t act in self-defense&period;<br>Lorincz is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm and culpable negligence&comma; the sheriff’s office said&period; The culpable negligence charge is because children were present during the commission of a crime&comma; Woods told the station&period;<br>Lorincz is also charged with assault and battery against Owens’ kids from the earlier altercation before the shooting&comma; the station reported&period;<br>The sheriff’s office said in the release announcing the arrest that the shooter claimed she pulled the trigger in self-defense and accused Owens of trying to break down the door&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;NYPICHPDPICT000012277973&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Billy-Woods-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442183"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; told FOX 35 in the case of Ajike Owens being fatally shot by Susan Lorincz&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We got a bigger picture&comma; the full picture&period; And my detectives wanted to make sure that we closed all the loopholes&comma; so she would not have the defense of using the &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground’ law&comma; and this is not &OpenCurlyQuote;stand your ground&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Owens and the shooter were involved in numerous fights since January 2021&comma; Woods said&comma; with deputies called at least a half-dozen times concerning the clash&period;<br>On Friday&comma; Lorincz who is white&comma; allegedly yelled racial slurs at Owens’ children&comma; who are black&comma; according to prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump&comma; who is representing Owens’ family&period;<br>Authorities have not yet confirmed whether any slurs were said or if race was a factor in the shooting following Crump’s allegations that were made before the arrest&period; <br>Owens’ four children&comma; who range in age from 2 to 12&comma; were all at the scene of the shooting when deputies arrived&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;clickorlando&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;06&sol;deputies-called-to-ocala-neighborhood-12-times-before-woman-fatally-shot-in-ongoing-feud&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">according to a police report obtained by WKMG<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;image-11&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442185"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Protesters gathered at the state attorney’s office at the Marion County Courthouse on Tuesday demanding the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s arrest&period; Lorincz was subsequently arrested for manslaughter on Tuesday&comma; four days after the shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">During a dispute between Lorincz and the young kids&comma; she threw a roller skate that hit a 10-year-old boy&comma; the sheriff’s office said Wednesday&period;<br>When the boy and his 12-year-old brother went to her door&comma; she allegedly opened her door and swung an umbrella at them&comma; the sheriff’s office said&period;<br>Owens then went to confront the woman and demanded she come outside&period;<br>The mother was shot once with her 10-year-old son by her side&comma; authorities said&period;<br>Lauren Smith&comma; who lives across the street from where the shooting took place&comma; was on her porch Friday and saw one of Owens’ young sons pacing&comma; and yelling&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They shot my mama&comma; they shot my mama&comma;” she told the Associated Press&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;NYPICHPDPICT000012277026&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Ajike-AJ-Owens-memorial-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442174" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"555"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A small memorial was placed where Ajike Owens was fatally shot on Friday by a neighbor during a dispute over kids playing outside<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Smith ran to the house and started doing chest compressions on Owens until EMTs arrived&period; She said there was no altercation and that the mother did not have a weapon&period;<br>The neighbor &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;was angry all the time that the children were playing out there&comma;” Smith said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She would say nasty things to them&period; Just nasty&period;”<br>Smith said the neighborhood is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;family friendly” and the fact that the shooter is claiming self-defense is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;outrageous&period;”<br>Woods said that since January 2021&comma; deputies responded at least a half-dozen times in connection with the feuding between Owens and the shooter&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My baby was so full of life&period; She was a single mother of four&comma;” Owens’ mother&comma; Pamela Dias&comma; said during a news conference on Monday&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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