347: Netflix Showed the Bodycam but They Didn't Show This | AJ Owens

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What tragic event happened to A.J. Owens in her neighborhood?

Unknown 0:01
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Annie Elise 0:16
Newly released affidavits and 911 calls offer more insight into what happened in the shooting death of mother of four, A.J. Owens. She had love.
Unknown 0:28
She had compassion. We are truly the divided states of America, not the United States of America. I wish our shooter would have called us instead of taking actions into her own hands. Justice for AJ! Justice for AJ! Justice for AJ! We believe in salvation and liberation. Please don't let our baby girl's death go in vain.
Annie Elise 0:57
Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serial Asleep.
Annie Elise 1:20
The night of June 2nd, 2023, was not a typical night for the Quail Run neighborhood in Ocala, Florida. It was normally a very quiet, very peaceful neighborhood, full of younger, working-class families just trying to make a living and raise their kids. And on any regular evening, you could actually hear the neighborhood kids playing outside.

How did the neighborhood dynamics change after the shooting?

Annie Elise 1:40
There were a lot of them too, all varying in ages, and spending time together outside was really what they loved to do. So much so that many of the adults had become friends over the years as well. Just think of it as like a traditional neighborhood, not necessarily block parties, but with that kind of vibe, right? With everybody outside, the kids all playing, the parents getting to know one another. everyone really looked out for one another. And the adults would even take turns watching the kids while they were playing outside. Almost like the neighborhood parents considered the neighborhood kids to all be their kids. And the kids, they were all each other's best friends. There was just this really great sense of community there.
Annie Elise 2:18
And I have to say, in this day and age, that is like music to my ears because it's not often that kids choose to play outside and get dirty rather than stay inside and play video games or stare at their phones or their tablets. I know for me, when I was growing up, it was play outside until the streetlights come on. You are riding your bike. You're making obstacle courses. You're playing fake restaurant. You're using chalk. And there's something so nostalgic and wholesome and comforting about that. In today's day and age, and I'm speaking based on experience with my own kids and even what I've seen, it is more, let's stay inside, let's do tablets, let's do video games. I think not only because technology has advanced so much, but also because there's a fear of kids being outside.
Annie Elise 3:01
No parents really are allowing their kids to just play until the streetlights go on. I mean, depending on where you live.

What led to the altercation between A.J. and Susan Loritz?

Annie Elise 3:07
So hearing that this neighborhood really had that, kids just playing outside until all hours, really coming together, having imaginary fun, and like, it's just so nice to think about. The parents would all watch them run from house to house, just gathering all of their toys, inviting their friends to come outside and play. And for these parents, it was like watching these core childhood memories being made. But on the night of June 2nd, other memories were made. Ones that people should never have to relive, let alone kids. Because instead of laughter, there was a single, loud, and very distinct gunshot that rang through the entire neighborhood. And nothing in the community of Quail Run would ever be the same again.
Annie Elise 3:50
And what happened next was absolute chaos.
Unknown 3:53
Hey, is your mom laying in the ground? Yeah. 9-1-1, what is the absolute chaos? Somebody got shot. 9-1-1 operators were being flooded with phone calls about a woman being shot.
Annie Elise 4:14
And in the background of many of these calls, you can hear a very young boy crying. I mean, just really, you know, wailing and just sobbing. Those sounds are something that personally will haunt me for a very long time. And most of the calls all reported more or less the very same thing, that a woman was on the ground, that she had been shot, and that they didn't know exactly what had happened.

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