White woman who shot dead black neighbor is freed on $150,000 bond 

A white woman accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor over a two-year feud has been freed on a $154,000 bond.

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, is accused of shooting Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens, 34, in front of her 10-year-old son after the mother-of-four went to confront her over attacking her kids on Friday in Ocala, Florida.

She has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree felony charge of manslaughter with a firearm, as well as counts of culpable negligence, battery and assault.

Circuit Court Judge Robert Hodges ordered Lorincz to wear an ankle monitor and to stay away from the family of her slain neighbor.

Lorincz said she had a headache the day of the shooting and children were running, and yelling outside her apartment, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, has been freed on a $154,000 bond. She is accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor through a door

Lorincz is accused of  killing Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens, 34, in front of her 10-year-old son after the mother-of-four went to confront her over attacking her kids on Friday in Ocala, Florida

One of the children of Ajike Shantrell Owens, is consoled during a press conference held at the New St. John Missionary Baptist Church Monday

That night, while a few children were playing basketball, Lorincz allegedly threw a pair of roller skates at them, hitting one on the feet. 

Owens then came over and knocked on her door, with Lorincz telling investigators that Owens threatened to kill her and banged on the door so hard she feared Owens would break it down. 

Lorincz fired a single round from her .380-caliber handgun, the sheriff’s report says, which went through the closed door and fatally struck Owens.

She told investigators that she had called Owens’ children racist slurs in the months before the killing. 

Lorincz also claimed that Owens had come after her in the past and had previously attacked her. 

Authorities had delayed her arrest for several days, until Tuesday, while looking into a possible ‘stand your ground claim. Detectives have since said that Lorincz´s actions are not justifiable under Florida law.

Under Florida’s’stand your ground’ law, people are essentially permitted to use deadly force if they feel their lives are in danger.

But police later confirmed that through their investigation and eyewitness testimony they were able to establish that ‘Lorincz’s actions were not justifiable under Florida law’, and subsequently made the arrest. 

Police said that since January 2021, deputies responded at least a half-dozen calls in connection with what police described as feud between Owens and Lorincz. 

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help support funeral and memorial costs, Owens’ children’s education, and housing and living expenses for the family. So far close to $120,000 has been raised to support the bereaved family with a target of $500,000.