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.

  • Mr_Blott
    717·
    14 hours ago

    The mentioning of skin colours in the headline is weird as fuck

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
      223·
      13 hours ago

      Why is it weird to take note of when white people murder Black people over petty squabbles? Lynching is a long-standing practice in America, and it’s worth noting that it hasn’t stopped happening.

      • Mr_Blott
        21·
        6 hours 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

    • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 hours 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?