Video shows Susan Lorincz’s interrogation after shooting, killing her neighbor AJ Owens

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - With a trial on the horizon, TV20 has obtained video of Marion County Sheriff’s deputies interrogating a woman accused of shooting through her front door and killing a mother of four in Ocala.

Susan Lorincz faces the charge of manslaughter with a firearm for the death of Ajike “AJ” Owens in June 2023. Lorincz fired a single shot through her front door, striking Owens as she stood next to her then-9-year-old son.

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After the shooting, Lorincz was arrested and interrogated by Marion County Sheriff’s deputies. She told them she feared for her safety as Owens knocked on the front door.

“I did what I felt I had to,” Lorincz told detectives when asked if she did something wrong. “I honest to God thought that she was going to kill me. That’s all I felt, it was terror. Just sheer terror.”

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Owens was attempting to confront Lorincz after she allegedly threw a skate at Owen’s child. Prior to the shooting, the sheriff’s office frequently responded to calls in the neighborhood about children playing outside.

The victim’s family members and people in the neighborhood say Lorincz harassed the children and used racial slurs. Lorincz told detectives she bought the gun after a prior incident with Owens.

“I swear to god, I thought she said, “I’m going to kill you,” I mean that’s why I just panicked as soon as those words came out of her mouth, I was like, Jesus Christ she’s going to kill me.”

At the end of the interrogation, detectives informed Lorincz she would be charged. She initially refused to go with deputies to the jail.

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