A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children faces sentencing for her manslaughter conviction.

A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children faces sentencing Monday for her manslaughter conviction.

Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023. Lorincz faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in state prison because a firearm was used.

The shooting was the culmination of a long-running argument between the two neighbors over Owens’ children playing in a grassy area at both of their houses in Ocala, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.

  • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
    21·
    28 days ago

    Agreed. Maybe race had nothing to do with it, but the news headline obviously suggests it is. If it was racism, why not just call it out instead if alluding to it?

    • Zacpod@lemmy.world
      9·
      27 days ago

      Race had everything to do with it. Lady was repeatedly heard dropping the N word and calling the kids N-lets. She didn’t like that black kids were playing in a field near her apt, or that black me were waiting for busses at the bus stop near her house.

      This murder was the culmination of her ongoing racism, and bullying of the neighborhood children.

      Her interrogation is available on YouTube and it’s chilling.