The events leading up to the June 2023 murder of Ajike Owens in Ocala, Florida, are documented in the new Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor, which is told almost entirely through police body cam footage. Owens was shot and killed by her neighbor Susan Lorincz, a woman who frequently called the police with complaints about children, including Owens’, playing in the neighborhood.
Due to Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which states that people may use deadly force as self-defense amid the imminent threat of death, Lorincz was not arrested immediately after shooting Owens through her front door and killing her. In fact, it took five days for authorities to apprehend and charge Lorincz.
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