When investigators asked Lorincz about allegations of her calling children in the neighborhood racial slurs, “Lorincz admitted to having used the n-word toward children out of anger in the past and also to calling children other derogatory terms,” the affidavit says.īen Crump, one of Owens’ family attorneys, said he is confident Lorincz will be convicted. They also accused Lorincz of harassing the children and calling them racial slurs. In the days since the killing, Owens’ family had repeatedly called for the arrest and charging of the shooter, insisting the incident was unprovoked and unjustified. Lorincz said she discharged her firearm because “she felt like she was in ‘mortal danger,’” the document says.ĭetectives, however, determined Lorincz’s actions “were not justifiable under Florida law,” the sheriff’s office said. Lorincz claimed to investigators that she was acting in self defense, saying she thought Owens was trying to break down her door and that she heard the victim threatening to kill her, according to an arrest affidavit. Judge Lori Cotton appointed the public defender’s office to represent Lorincz going forward. She was represented by the Marion County Public Defender’s Office.
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