“My daughter, my grandchildren’s mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her.

The neighbor’s door “never opened” when Owens tried to confront her, according to Pamela Dias, the victim’s mother. Witnesses told authorities Owens went to the shooter’s home and knocked on the door before she was shot, according to the incident report. The shooter told police there had been “a lot of aggressiveness” from both sides before she shot Owens through the door, according to the sheriff. One witness told police there had been a dispute over a child’s electronic tablet device before the shooter threw the skates, according to the incident report.Ī child then went back inside their home and told their mother – Owens – about the incident, who went to the neighbor’s home to “confront” her, Woods said. The shooter had earlier “engaged” with Owens’ children and threw a pair of skates, hitting them, Woods said. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities have said. Friday night and found Owens laying in the grass, suffering from a gunshot wound, according to an incident report from the sheriff’s office. The shooter has been cooperating with authorities, Woods said.ĭeputies responded to a trespassing call after 9 p.m. Her family wants the woman who shot her arrested The sheriff gave a brief description of how the Friday shooting unfolded during his Monday news conference, but stressed that authorities had largely heard only the shooter’s side of the story and were still working to interview children, who were key witnesses to the shooting.Ī Black mother of 4 was shot and killed by a neighbor. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told reporters Monday his office was rigorously investigating the case, and that authorities were working to determine “whether the deadly force was justified or not.”įifth Judicial Circuit Chief Assistant State Attorney Walter Forgie told CNN earlier on Tuesday the office is working with the sheriff’s department in the investigation and a “prompt charging decision” would be made “once all of the evidence has been collected and analyzed.” It is unclear whether the woman has been formally arrested or charged. The family says they won’t begin to see justice until Owens’ killer is arrested and charged.Ī woman was taken into custody Tuesday night in connection with the shooting, Marion County sheriff’s spokesperson Valerie Strong said. Owens family says the shooter, identified by police reports only as a 58-year-old White woman, harassed the Black mother and her children and had called them racial slurs prior to the killing. It’s been four days since 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Owens was shot and killed in central Florida after knocking on a neighbor’s door.

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