Courtesy of Ben Crump
A Florida woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor through her front door will walk free because of the state’s “stand your ground” law—at least for now.
The unnamed shooter killed her neighbor, Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, as Owens stood in front of the shooter’s door with her 9-year-old son beside her. Owens was reportedly confronting the neighbor over a dispute that began with Owens’ children playing in a nearby field.
The slaying capped what authorities described as long-running animosity between the two neighbors that had resulted in multiple calls to police. The unnamed shooter had called Owens’ kids racial slurs in the past, neighbors and relatives said.