Tag: fatally
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White Florida woman to be sentenced for fatally shooting Ajike Owens, her Black neighbor
A white woman in Florida will be sentenced Monday for fatally shooting her neighbor, a Black mother of four, in a case that sparked outrage and yet another national reckoning over gun violence and racism. A jury convicted Susan Lorincz, 60, of manslaughter in August for killing Ajike Owens outside of her home in Ocala…
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New Mexico city reaches $20 million settlement in death of woman fatally shot by officer
A city in New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a police officer now charged with second-degree murder. Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in October 2023 shortly after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat…