A Florida mother died after being shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a violent culmination of what police said was a 2 1/2-year feud.
Before the shooting, Owens’ children had been playing in a field near the shooter’s apartment. When Owens later confronted the woman at her apartment, an argument ensued, and the woman shot Owens through the front door, according to police.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting. “There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth,” Wood said the shooter told investigators. “Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.”
During a vigil with the family later Monday, Thomas said the sheriff had promised him the most professional service that he and his deputies could provide, and Thomas plans to hold the agency to that.
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