On June 2, 2023, the entire neighborhood of Quail Run in Ocala, Florida, was left baffled as 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Shantrell Owens was fatally shot. As explored in Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ this situation arose after seemingly minor disputes in the area over a year and a half continued to escalate,

The Perfect Neighbor' tells the story of Susan Lorincz, who was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Ajike "AJ" Shantrell Owens.

Family of Ajike 'AJ' Owens, a Black mother in Florida fatally shot by a white neighbor, honors legacy with nonprofit against gun violence.

Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor details Susan Lorincz shooting and killing her neighbor Ajike 'AJ' Owens in Florida in June 2023

After the sentencing of Susan Lorincz – the White woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor, Ajike “AJ” Owens, through an apartment door in a dispute over Owens’ children playing near her home – the victim’s mother said her family could finally start to heal.

In June 2023, 35-year-old mother Aijke “AJ” Owens of Ocala, Florida, was shot and killed by her neighbor, a 58-year-old white woman, Susan Lorincz, after a two-year feud that turned fatal.

"She thinks that the police are working with her, and that they're on her side, until the very end," Gandbhir told Decider.