There is no evidence that shooting victim Ajike Owens or her kids attempted to kick down Susan Lorincz’s door or threatened to kill her before Lorincz opened fire and killed Owens.

On June 2, 2023, Susan Lorincz, a white woman, fatally shot her Black neighbor, Ajike Owens, through her locked door. Owens was in front of Lorincz’s door to confront her about yelling at her son and allegedly throwing roller skates at him.

Lorincz’s claims that Owens threatened her were contradicted by both physical evidence from the door and witness testimonies from neighbors. 

Lorincz admitted to detectives that in the months leading up to the shooting, she had called the children “the n-word.”

The jury rejected Lorincz’s claims, and she was sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter in November 2024.