Breaking news: A White woman accused of shooting and killing her Black neighbor, 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Owens, over a dispute involving Owens’s children has been arrested in Marion County, Fla.
“The justice we have all been seeking has been served,” Sheriff Billy Woods said in a video posted Tuesday on social media.
Around 9 p.m. Friday, deputies received a call about possible trespassing at a property in Ocala, Fla., about 40 miles south of Gainesville, Woods said Monday during a news conference. When the officers arrived, they found a woman, later identified as Owens, suffering from a gunshot wound, Woods said. They tried to save her, but she later died, Woods said.
The case prompted calls for a quick arrest, amid protests in the community. Some Florida Democrats also called for the woman to be charged.
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