In the US state of Florida, a white woman has been arrested for Neighborhood dispute over children playing shot a black woman.
The 58-year-old Susan Lorincz, who shot the victim through her apartment door, is charged with manslaughter, among other things, as the Marion County sheriff announced on Wednesday night. You face up to 30 years in prison.
The incident happened last Friday in the city of Ocala. According to police, Lorincz had been angry for some time with her neighbor Ajike Owens’ children playing near her home.
On Friday she yelled at the kids and threw a roller skate on Owens’ ten-year-old son. She later hit the boy and his 12-year-old brother with an umbrella.
Those arrested are said to have racially insulted victims
The 35-year-old mother of the children then knocked on Lorincz’s apartment door and demanded that she come out. “Lorincz then fired one Shot through the door which struck Owens in the upper chest,” police said. The mother of four was taken to a hospital, but died there.
According to the police, Lorincz said he acted in self-defense. Owens tried to open the door. According to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Lorincz had the children before the fatal shooting racially insulted.
Firearms are widely used in the United States. Even small disputes or misunderstandings can therefore lead to deadly violence. In April, a case caused a stir in which an 84-year-old homeowner in Kansas City shot a 16-year-old boy who went to pick up his siblings but went to the front door by mistake. The black teenager survived with serious injuries.
According to the non-governmental organization “Gun Violence Archive” (GVA), in the current year 18,432 people have already died as a result of gun violence. (Tsp with AFP)
2023-06-07 17:58:43
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