A jury has found Susan Lorincz guilty of manslaughter with a firearm after she shot and killed mother of four Ajike "AJ" Owens through her front door last June.
Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, was in the courtroom to hear the decision.
"Oh God! Thank you, Jesus!" Dias exclaimed as Lorincz walked out of the courtroom.
Dias and Owens' other family members spoke to reporters outside the courthouse.
"Although my daughter is gone forever, the children’s mom is gone forever, we’ve achieved some justice for Ajike," she said.
On the night of June 2, 2023, Lorincz called 911, complaining about kids who were playing in a field next to her apartment. Right before making the call, Lorincz had been videotaping the kids playing outside. Witnesses said she threw roller skates at them and swung an umbrella toward them.
Lorincz told the 911 dispatcher the young children had threatened her and she was scared for her life.
"Does she run for her life, barricade her house that very moment?" questioned Chief Homicide Prosecutor for the 5th Judicial Circuit, Richard Buxman. "No, she’s outside taking more video."
Two and a half minutes after Lorincz hung up with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Owens was shot and killed.
FOX 35's Marie Edinger joined LiveNOW's Andrew Craft to discuss the verdict and the emotions inside the courtroom.
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