A white Florida woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor through a locked door was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for "completely unnecessary" gunfire, reports NBC News. Marion County Circuit Judge Robert Hodges said Susan Louise Lorincz, 60, did "significant harm" to the victim and her family. Hodges said, "I find that the shooting was completely unnecessary," the judge said. "In this case, Ms. Lorincz was behind the door. The door was locked." Lorincz, who had a history of harassing children and using racial slurs, was convicted of manslaughter for last year’s slaying of Ajike “AJ” Owens. Defense lawyer told the judge she deserved less than the 11.5-year minimum term, saying that she has a mental disorder and was under “extreme duress” during the deadly confrontation.
"She’s a victim of child sex abuse was a significant mitigating factor, and she has no criminal record, which is also a significant factor," the judge said. "However, we also have a tremendous harm inflicted upon this family and the victim's family." Owens knocked on Lorincz's door in Ocala, 70 miles north of Walt Disney World, on June 2, 2023, not long after Lorincz had bickered with the victim’s children playing nearby.Lorincz fired a single round from a .380-caliber handgun and killed Owens, a mother of four, who was standing on the other side of a locked door. Owens’ four children, were between 3 and 12 when their mother was killed. Lorincz said she regrets pulling the trigger. "I am so sorry. I never intended to kill her," she told the court. "I am just profoundly sad. Not only did a mother die but a daughter, a sister, I think of your family's loss."
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