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White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor through door faces manslaughter sentence in Florida (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the video of her first interrogation, shown to jurors Wednesday, Lorincz tells detectives she’d previously argued with Owens about her children playing loudly and leaving toys outside her home. But she tells police the situation escalated on June 2, 2023, after she confronted the children about the noise and threw their roller skates. CNN

The confrontation was the latest in a dispute between Lorincz and Owens over the latter’s children playing in a grassy area near both of their houses. Lorincz said in the interview she had been harassed for most of the three years she lived in the neighbourhood. AP

Woods said the shooting happened during an apparent "neighborhood feud" that had been going for sometime between the suspect and the victim.

Records show that 911 had been called a half-dozen times since 2021 involving Lorincz and Owens. In two cases – February 2022 and April 2023 – Lorincz called 911 because she was upset that Owens' dog was on her property, and called months later to report that Owens had repeatedly opened her mailbox. She told deputies, according to the report, that she was not missing any mail. Fox

[–] actually@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That simply does not represent the sheer terror, the troublemaking of op. It’s a partial snapshot. This woman terrorized her neighbors for years

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You said ...

I followed this news story and “a long running argument” between two people was not my takeaway ?

My reply listing media quotes was to that.

[–] actually@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, but I was all riled up over those two words on an otherwise excellent article.

I just happen to think those two words are very important