Posted on 06/06/2023 5:20:47 AM PDT by CFW
Calls are growing for the arrest of a woman accused of shooting dead her mother-of-four neighbor after she complained about the victim's children playing outside.
The children of Ajike 'AJ' Owens were playing in a field near an apartment complex in Ocala, Florida, on Friday when her neighbor 'began yelling at them to get off her land and calling them racial slurs', renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.
The children then accidentally left an iPad behind after leaving the field, Crump explained, before going back to fetch it.
But the neighbor, a 58-year-old white woman, who was not named, had taken the iPad and threw it at one of Ms Owens' children, hitting the boy and cracking the screen, the attorney said.
The mother-of-four then marched across the street to speak with the neighbor after hearing of the incident.
The neighbor fired through the door, shooting Ms Owens. She later died at hospital from her injuries.
Police have so far made no arrests following Ms Owen's death. Although Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods has confirmed police know the identity of the shooter, he said authorities are working to determine what role the state's 'stand your ground' law might play in the incident.
Under Florida's 'stand your ground' law, people are essentially permitted to use deadly force if they feel their lives are in danger.
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Crazy + Gun = Tragedy
One possibility is that the journalist has mischaracterized some of the real facts of the case in this article.
We have seen this over and over again
If Crump is saying it, it is probably a lie.
I think there must be more to this story and some details have been omitted.
“...attorney Ben Crump said.”
So the only factual accuracy in this story is the race of those involved.
I do not see how firing through a door at someone unarmed can possibly be a legal use of that gun.
Besides, the lady first violently accosted the kid.
The woman who shot was very likely the victim. She cannot tell her story because of fear of potential prosecution, and/or the media is attempting to crucify her.
This smells of the Trayvon Martin hoax all over again, especially with Crump involved.
It is the Daily Mail after all. Will wait to hear the rest of the story.
Shooting through a closed door is not stand your ground…
Throw something at my kid and hit them, the woman should at least have been arrested for assault.
Press could be mischaracterizing or this woman is a damn psycho bitch.
Cooler heads don't prevail becausethere arent enough of them anymore.
This smells like “Hands up, don’t shoot.”
Besides, the lady first violently accosted the kid.
Only if you accept the story as given by known serial liar Crump.
Crump sees a big payout. He stands to make millions in this case, as he did by lying in the Martin/Zimmerman case.
No video. The mother is dead. The kids have a lot to gain by lying about what happened.
Crump has a lot to gain by lying about what happened.
I’ll have to keep that in mind the next time I have some mutant hacking at my front door with an ax at 2:00 AM. :-P
“renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.”
Anything coming out of that fool’s mouth is a lie.
“renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.”
Anything coming out of that fool’s mouth is a lie.
did i miss the pic of the shooter?
Asking for a friend: Had the victim been WHITE and the perp BLACK would the races have been included? Hmmmmm . . .
The author of this story needs provide more names and fewer pronouns in order to tell an intelligible story. It is hard to know who was who.
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