Susan Lorincz, the Florida woman who was found guilty of first-degree felony manslaughter with a firearm in August, was sentenced on 25 years in prison on Monday afternoon for fatally shooting her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through a locked door in an incident that occurred on June 2, 2023 in Ocala. She was facing up to 30 years in prison.
“I find that the shooting was completely unnecessary,” Judge Robert Hodges said. “ In this case, Ms. Lorincz was behind the door. The door was locked. She had already called law enforcement. They were in route. She knew they were in route. She was in a relatively safe position. For some reason, she went into her room and found a gun. She could have stayed in the room and put another locked door between her and Ms. Owens, but she came back out, put herself in front of the door, and at the time she fired the gun through the door, she was safe.”
“There was no indication that she did not understand what she was doing of that shooting a person was against the law,” the judge also said.
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