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Coverage of the fatal shootings March 16 in Cherokee County and Atlanta

03/16/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Atlanta Police Officers and Detectives respond to a crime scene at Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa, both located in the 1900 block of Piedmont Road NE in Atlanta, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. A 21-year-old man from Woodstock, who was captured in South Georgia on Tuesday night, is the suspect in three metro Atlanta massage parlor shootings that left eight people dead, authorities said. Robert Aaron Long was first identified as the suspect in the shooting at Young’s Asian Massage Parlor in Cherokee County that left four people dead and one person injured, according to the sheriff’s office. He is also a suspect in two more shootings at similar businesses in northeast Atlanta that resulted in four more deaths, according to a sheriff’s office spokesman.
Six of the eight victims were Asian women, authorities said. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Spa shootings: A timeline of events that left 8 dead in metro Atlanta

Mourners left signs and flowers outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta on Friday. The memorial has grown since Tuesday's shootings left eight people dead and another injured at three metro Atlanta spas. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Families of victims in Atlanta spa shootings trying to make sense of tragedy

Tuesday's deadly attacks targeted an industry that Georgia governments have been trying to push out for decades. While the exact services offered at the spas that were attacked are not clear, last week the eyes of the world fell on an often-ignored segment of Atlanta’s “adult entertainment” industry. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Before killing spree, Georgia let an industry that exploits Asian women flourish

03/17/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Online guestbook for victims of the Atlanta and Cherokee County spa shootings

State Rep. Bee Nguyen, a Democrat from Atlanta, launched her campaign Tuesday for secretary of state in next year's election. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Political Insider

Democrat Nguyen launches campaign for Georgia’s top election official

March 31, 2021 Norcross - A tear runs down the cheek of Robert Peterson, younger son of one of Atlanta spas shooting victims, Yong Ae Yue, as he recalls his late mother in Norcross on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

National Politics

Biden mentions spa shootings in address with victim’s son in virtual attendance

A photograph of Daoyou Feng is carried out of Lee's Funeral Home after her funeral in Norcross on April 4. The 44-year-old was among the eight people slain in metro Atlanta spa shootings last month. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

U.S. Senate passes anti-Asian hate-crimes bill motivated by Atlanta spa shootings

Elcias Hernandez Ortiz, critically injured in a March 16 shooting at a Cherokee County spa, has been released from the hospital, his attorney said.

Spa shooting survivor stood face-to-face with gunman, begged for mercy

Elcias Hernandez Ortiz, critically injured in a March 16 shooting at a Cherokee County spa, has been released from the hospital, his attorney said.

1 month later, Cherokee spa shooting survivor released from hospital

Jing Zheng (left) and Jing Su at Su's home in Suwanee on Thursday, April 1, 2021. They are friends and Chinese American immigrants who have joined recent vigils and rallies in the wake of the March 16 spa shootings, the first time for either of them. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

‘No more silence’: Asian Americans speak up after spa shootings

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