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White Florida woman who fatally shot black neighbor through her front door, faces up to 30 years in prison, as jury rejects ‘stand your ground’ defense

&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;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-8e1a25c74bd6d5dc048e347712e86932" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>Susan Louise Lorincz&comma; who tormented her neighbor Ajike Owens&&num;8217&semi; children with racial slurs and then shot the mother-of-four dead when she came to complain <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-f251c051ed378cd22b69c9750867377a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>Lorincz&comma; 60&comma; fired a bullet from her Remington &period;380 handgun at Ajike Owens&comma; through her front door when her neighbor knocked <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9f1304bf57e631de627f0c91f2efc83a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>She then called 911 to report that she&&num;8217&semi;d shot a trespasser <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-b6681c95342213da3362de4a0c2c38fe" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>Owens&comma; 35&comma; who was standing next to her 12-year-old son on the doorstep in Ocala&comma; Florida&comma; on on June 2&comma; 2023 was hit and killed <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-44d8f0bd0d7b5b461db4c5d44bf86e05" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>Lorincz told police she was in &&num;8216&semi;fear of her life&&num;8217&semi; when she fired through the locked door at the unarmed mother-of-four&comma; and that the state&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; law empowers her to fire at the perceived threat<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-8a566c1719afd3b4c6b52ee0b0b756d7" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>Police instigated her claim but arrested her four days later&comma; and on Friday the jury rejected her claim of self-defense and convicted Lorincz for manslaughter<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-6760c851f9b174c1a28585bb025729ec" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;231c1c"><strong>She faces up to 30 years in jail at sentencing<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Susan-Lorincz-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466816" style&equals;"width&colon;785px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Susan Lorincz&comma; 60&comma; faces up to 30 years in jail for manslaughter after being convicted of shooting dead Ajike Owens&comma; 35&comma; when the neighbor came to her doorstep in June last year&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A 60-yearold Florida woman with a history of harassment targeting her black neighbors&&num;8217&semi; children with racial slurs&comma; shot their mother dead when she came over to complain about the treatment of her children&comma; has been convicted of manslaughter&period;<br>Susan Louise Lorincz&comma; 60&comma; fired a bullet from her Remington &period;380 handgun at Ajike Owens&comma; 35&comma; who was standing next to her 12-year-old son on the doorstep in Ocala&comma; Florida&comma; on June 2&comma; 2023&period;<br>Lorincz told police she was in &&num;8216&semi;fear of her life&&num;8217&semi; when she fired through the locked door at the unarmed mother-of-four&comma; and that the state&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; law empowers her to fire at the perceived threat&period; <br>Police took four days to arrest Lorincz as they tested those claims&period;<br>Owen&&num;8217&semi;s mother Pamela Dias said she had found &&num;8216&semi;some peace&&num;8217&semi; after a jury rejected her claim of self-defense on Friday&colon; &&num;8216&semi;My heart is a little lighter&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re now on the path of true healing&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dias said&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Ajike-Owens-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466825" style&equals;"width&colon;835px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Killed&colon; Ajike Owens was shot dead when she went over to confront neighbor Susan Lorincz&&num;8217&semi;s home after hearing allegations she threw a rollerblade at one of her children earlier in the day and smashed a tablet&comma; before swinging an umbrella<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police took four days to arrest Lorincz as they tested her claims&comma; but Owen&&num;8217&semi;s mother Pamela Dias said she had found &&num;8216&semi;some peace&&num;8217&semi; after a jury rejected her claim of self-defense on Friday&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;My heart is a little lighter&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re now on the path of true healing&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dias added&period;<br>Owens went over to Lorincz&&num;8217&semi;s home on June 2 last year to confront her over allegations she threw a rollerblade at one of her children earlier in the day and smashed a tablet&comma; before swinging an umbrella&period;<br>Lorincz&comma; an insurance agent&comma; told police during her interview that Owens&&num;8217&semi; children had been &&num;8216&semi;trespassing&&num;8217&semi; on her property&comma; and one had threatened to &&num;8216&semi;beat her up&&num;8217&semi;&period; But neighbors revealed that the defendant &&num;8216&semi;had a problem with kids&&num;8217&semi; and would record them before taunting them with slurs as well as waving her guns around in their direction&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Susan-Lorincz-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466845" style&equals;"width&colon;829px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Susan Lorincz claims she was in &&num;8216&semi;fear of her life&&num;8217&semi; when she fired through the locked door at the unarmed mother-of-four&comma; and that the state&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; law allowed her to shoot her Remington &period;380 handgun at the woman<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Phyllis Wills&comma; 33&comma; recalls that Lorincz would &&num;8216&semi;harass&&num;8217&semi; her kids&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Everybody in this neighborhood has feuded with this lady over our children&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Other parents said they called her a &&num;8216&semi;Karen&&num;8217&semi; after she repeatedly filmed their children and called the police about their antics&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s an apartment complex&period; These are children who&comma; you know&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;re&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;re going to do things&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Willis said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Every time they&&num;8217&semi;ve went even in the patch of grass over there&comma; she would be like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Get off of my lawn&comma; you b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; or you retards or you N-word&period;&&num;8217&semi; She would wave guns at them&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>When interviewed by police&comma; one of Owens&&num;8217&semi; sons claimed that Lorincz had previously called them &&num;8216&semi;B&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;jack&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s&&num;8217&semi; as well as saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;This isn&&num;8217&semi;t the underground railroad&comma; slave&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Susan-Lorincz-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466829" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Lorincz claimed she was in fear for her life and that Florida&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; law allowed her to fire her Remington &period;380 handgun through her locked front door at her neighbor&period; Law enforcement and the jury disagreed<&sol;strong><&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Susan-Lorincz-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466830" style&equals;"width&colon;841px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>It was four days from the crime before cops finally arrested Lorincz as they tested her stand your ground claims&period; Unrepentant&comma; she wore a suicide-prevention vest at her court appearances last year <&sol;strong><&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Susan-Lorincz-and-Ajike-Owens-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466843"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The women&comma; Lorincz and Owens&comma; were neighbors in the same apt complex and Lorincz had called 911 at 8&period;54pm on June 2 to complain that the children were trespassing and shouting outside her door<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Owens reportedly told her son&comma; 12&comma; to call 911 after she was hit by the bullet&comma; with the young boy telling officers she &&num;8216&semi;was only knocking on the door&&num;8217&semi;&period; She was rushed to hospital&comma; where she later died&period;<br>Lorincz called 911 after the shooting to lodge a trespassing complaint&comma; before mentioning that she had shot a woman on her doorstep&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I was never intending to kill&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she told police later&period; &&num;8216&semi;I was shaking&period; I was just so distraught at that point in time&period; I felt like I was in mortal danger&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods dismissed her version of events as &&num;8216&semi;BS&&num;8217&semi;&comma; noting that videos captured on security cameras at neighboring properties &&num;8216&semi;were the final nail&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Patched-bullet-hole-upper-right-is-seen-on-Susan-Lorinczs-door-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466828" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The patch on the upper right&comma; of Lorincz&&num;8217&semi;s front door is covering the bullet hole from firing at her neighbor when she knocked&period; Owens was hit and died from her injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Woods said accounts from Owens&&num;8217&semi; children were backed up by the surveillance footage seen by cops&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;There are things that people say that we&&num;8217&semi;re able to prove is a yellow flag – a b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;t flag – and say no that is wrong&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told a local station&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She couldn&&num;8217&semi;t see through the door&comma; she couldn&&num;8217&semi;t see the individual&period; So her comments that she was in fear of her life… raises the hair on the back of our neck&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Investigators found two surveillance cameras inside Lorincz&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; with one facing the patio and the other attached to the sliding door&period;<br>She told them that the cameras were functional but only record motion and &&num;8216&semi;at night sometimes do not capture anything&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Billy-Woods-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466835" style&equals;"width&colon;772px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods called the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s version &&num;8216&semi;BS&&num;8217&semi;&period; On the contrary&comma; accounts from victim&&num;8217&semi;s children matched surveillance footage from a neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s home <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The cameras are accessible through her phone&comma; and after initially declining to give the passcode&comma; Lorincz handed over the phone&period;<br>Officers could not see any recording after 8&period;40pm the night of the incident&comma; but Lorincz denied deleting any recordings&period;<br>It later emerged she had been left in possession of her phone for two hours after being placed inside of a police car – and footage showed her accessing it briefly&comma; but investigators were unable to determine what she had done with it&period;<br>Family members had called for the manslaughter charge to be upgraded to murder&comma; but one exclaimed &&num;8216&semi;Oh&comma; God&period; Thank you&comma; Jesus&comma;&&num;8217&semi; as the jury delivered its verdict on Friday&period;<br>Florida law allows for the use of deadly force if a person &&num;8216&semi;reasonably believes&&num;8217&semi; their life is in imminent danger&period; But the jury decided that Lorincz had no reason to believe that when she shot the unarmed mother standing outside her locked front door&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;2024&sol;08&sol;Statment-made-by-Susan-Lorincz-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-466832" style&equals;"width&colon;693px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>False claim&colon; The arrest affidavit revealed Lorincz called 911 to report that a &&num;8216&semi;female tried to break down her door while yelling&&num;8217&semi; so she shot her<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;Not only was Susan Lorincz on trial today&comma; but so was &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; and how that&&num;8217&semi;s defined&comma;&&num;8217&semi; attorney Anthony D&period; Thomas said afterwards&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I think we made one step closer with case law and defining what &&num;8216&semi;stand your ground&&num;8217&semi; actually means&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;No&comma; you cannot claim to be in fear of your life&period; No&comma; you can&&num;8217&semi;t bait the police by telling them you&&num;8217&semi;re in fear for your life over the phone to make sure they hurry up and get there&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Thomas said&period;<br>Judge Robert Hodges ordered that Lorincz be held in the Marion County jail without bond until her sentencing at a later date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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