Sheriff probes self-defense claim of Florida woman who fatally shot neighbor in front of kids
Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who killed a Black neighbor on her front doorstep in a case that has put Florida's divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.
The sheriff said Owens was shot moments after going to the apartment of her neighbor, who had yelled at Owens' children as they played in a nearby lot. He also said a neighbor had also thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children. She ran toward the house, and started chest compressions until a rescue crew arrived. She said there wasn't an altercation and that Owens didn't have a weapon.
The sheriff said that since January 2021, deputies responded at least a half-dozen times in connection with the feuding between Owens and the woman who shot her. In fact, stand your ground and "castle doctrine" cases - which allow residents to defend themselves either by law or court precedent when threatened - have sparked outrage amid a spate of shootings across the country.
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