Who Was AJ Owens? What to Know About the Mother Who Was Killed by Her Neighbor

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In June 2023, Ajike "AJ" Shantrell Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz

Owens was a mother of four and dreamed of the "whole world" knowing her name one day

The tragic story was told in Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor , which premiered on Oct. 17

Ajike "AJ" Shantrell Owens will be remembered as a devoted mother.

On June 2, 2023, the mother of four, who was Black, was fatally shot through a locked door by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz , a White woman. The devastating incident occurred after nearly two years of vitriol slowly escalating in their Ocala, Fla., neighborhood, during which Lorincz not only made several 911 calls about the children on the block, but also admitted to directing racial slurs at them, according to CBS News .

Lorincz was found