The shooting death of Ajike “AJ” Owens was covered extensively by BOSSIP in 2023 as the story weighed heavy on the hearts and minds of millions of people as news of the killing spread across the internet and eventually into the mainstream media. 58-year-old Susan Lorincz was a known and admitted racist who frequently called Black children in the Ocala, Florida neighborhood the n-word and harassing them for doing what children do, play games and frolic. After one such incident of racist harassment, Owens knocked on Lorincz door to address the way she had been treating her children, instead of an adult conversation, Owens was met with gunfire before Lorincz even opened the door. Ultimately Owens died from the gunshot wounds she suffered as two of her children looked on at her bleeding body.

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