Susan Lorincz, who fired through her front door and killed her neighbor Ajike 'AJ' Owens, was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, in a case that's put Florida's divisive 'stand your ground law' back in the spotlight.
The sheriff's office hasn't confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting.
On Tuesday, a stuffed teddy bear and bouquets marked the area near where Owens was shot. Nearby, children were riding bikes and scooters, and playing basketball. Protesters chanted"No justice, no peace" and"A.J. A.J. A.J," using Owens' nickname. They carried signs saying:"Say her name Ajike Owens" and"It's about us."
She ran toward the house, and started chest compressions until a rescue crew arrived. She said there wasn't an altercation and that Owens didn't have a weapon. "There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth," the sheriff said the shooter told investigators."Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.""I'm absolutely heartbroken," Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told The Associated Press.
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