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This booking photo provided by the Marion County, Fla., Sheriff's Office shows Susan Louise Lorincz. Lorincz, the white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida, was charged Monday, June 26, 2023, with manslaughter and assault. (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor

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Pamela Dias, front left, the mother of Ajike Owens, gets hug from a friend as mourners gather for a remembrance service at Immerse Church of Ocala for Owens, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Ocala, Fla. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor Susan Lorincz when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)

Black Florida mother killed by white neighbor remembered for faith, devotion to 4 kids

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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, is hugged by a close friend during a press conference, Wednesday afternoon, June 7, 2023 at the New St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Ocala, Fla. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is accused of fatally shooting Owens last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2 and a half year feud was arrested Tuesday, June 6, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. (Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP)

Sheriff: White Florida woman claims Black neighbor she shot and killed threatened her first

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

State Attorney William Gladson, left, speaks to a group of protesters and the media outside his office at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, as protesters demand the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a White woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Florida’s divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self-defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

By Curt Anderson and Freida Frisaro - Associated Press