The family and friends of Ajike 'AJ' Owens are calling on the state to make changes to the Stand Your Ground law and have announced the creation of a fund to help with said changes.

Dias says they are hoping to heal by helping others impacted by racial violence with their fund called Standing in the Gap.

Susan Lorincz, who shot Ajike Owens, was convicted of manslaughter. The case prompted national outrage. A white woman in Florida who fatally shot a Black neighbor who confronted her amid a longstanding dispute over the neighbor’s children was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

The family of Ajike Owens is calling on the state to change the Stand Your Ground law, and they’ve launched a fund to help with their fight.

A woman who shot her neighbor dead in Florida, provoking racial tensions, has been sentenced for the violent crime. On Monday (Nov. 25), Susan Lorincz was sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of Ajike “AJ’ Owens,

A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her