White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute
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A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door amid a long-running dispute has been sentenced to 25 years in prison 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.

      • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
        513·
        23 days ago

        Turn it round -

        Black man who fatally shot white neighbor

        If that sounds like racist goading, it does the other way too

        Yanks are fucking weird about people’s skin. Sort yourselves out

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      23 days ago

      Is it? She shot her in no small part because she was black. She was racist, shouted racial slurs, and targeted this woman repeatedly.

      This is like asking why we keep mentioning Jews being the victims in the holocaust.

    • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
      21·
      23 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·
        23 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.