Marion County woman who fatally shot neighbor makes first court appearance

Marion County woman who fatally shot neighbor makes first court appearance

OCALA, Fla. – A woman accused of shooting and killing a mother in front of her kids last week appeared before a judge Thursday.

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four, Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.

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Sheriff Woods said Owens, 35, was shot on Friday moments after going to Lorincz’s apartment, who had yelled at Owens’ children as they played in a nearby lot.

According to the report, Lorincz admitted to detectives that she called the children “the n-word.” One child told deputies that...

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