She will not be present in court but will appear via video call, the sheriff’s office said.īen Crump, an attorney representing Owens’ family, and Dias said they were grateful for the arrest but questioned why it took days to happen. Lorincz is “undergoing testing to be medically cleared” before being held in a cell at the Marion County Jail. Her first court appearance is expected on Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office. Ben Crump LawĪ woman has been taken into custody 4 days after Ajike 'AJ' Owens was fatally shot after knocking on neighbor's door. It was not immediately clear whether she has an attorney.ĪJ Owens, who was a mother of four children, is seen here in an undated picture. Lorincz, who is White, was taken into custody Tuesday night, the sheriff’s office said. Susan Louise Lorincz was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said early Wednesday. I couldn’t save her,” Dias recalled the 12-year-old boy telling her. “In his soul, in his heart, it’s his fault that his older brother, his baby sister and his baby brother, as well as himself, will never see their mother again,” Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, told reporters Wednesday.ĭias, who spoke at a news conference a day after a 58-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the death, said another child also blamed himself because he was unable to perform CPR on his mother. The 9-year-old boy, who witnessed the shooting, blames himself because he first told his mom the neighbor had confronted him and his siblings. One of the children of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black woman who authorities say was fatally shot last week in central Florida after knocking on a neighbor’s door, is consumed with guilt over his mother’s death.
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