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Family honors life of mother shot in Marion County – WFTV

OCALA, Fla. – A family remembered a Marion County mother one year after she was shot and killed.

AJ Owens’ family held a celebration of life on Sunday.

Her neighbor Susan Lorincz shot Owens through a door on June 2, 2023, after an argument over Owens’ children.

Pamela Dias, Owens’ mother, talked about how she has felt over the past year.

“This year has been the hardest year, the hardest time, the most difficult time of my life,” she said. “I’ve never known pain… when you lose a child, you lose a part of yourself.”

Jury selection for Lorincz is expected to begin in about two weeks.

Read: ‘Justice for AJ’: Funeral of mother of four shot in Marion County

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