Turns Out "Stand Your Ground" Didn't Stand for Ajike Owens' Shooter Story by Kalyn Womack

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Story by Kalyn Womack • 1h ago


The woman who fatally shot a Black mother of four in Ocala, Florida has finally been arrested and charged, per The Washington Post. The arrest comes four days after residents and family members demanded justice be served for the heinous crime.

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in connection to the shooting death of Ajike “AJ” Owens, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Lorincz is accused of shooting from behind her closed front door, striking Owens who stood outside with her 10-year-old son standing beside her. Owens was confronting Lorincz about allegedly throwing items at her children and yelling racial slurs at them. Shortly after, officers responded to a possible trespassing call and found Owens suffering from the gunshot wound and performed aid to try and save her life, the report says. She died moments later.

According to the sheriff’s office, Lorincz told investigators that she and Owens had a past history of animosity and claimed that Owens “previously attacked her.” She said that she acted in self-defense in shooting Owens, “and that Owens had been trying to break down her door prior to her discharging her firearm,” the office said.
Initially, Sheriff Billy Woods was reluctant to make an arrest because it was speculated that Lorincz could have been protected under the “stand your ground” law. However, the Major Crimes Unit found through interviews and surveillance footage that Lorincz initiated the conflict after she grew increasingly angry at Owens’ children, who were playing in a field nearby.

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So glad they arrested and charged her. Was afraid she would get away with it. Beautiful young woman. What a shame. DeSantis better keep his hands off this and not demand the woman not be charged.