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Atlanta Spa Shootings

210727-Canton- Robert Aaron Long enters Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton on Tuesday morning, July 27, 2021, for his plea hearing in the spa shootings. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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‘Swift justice’: Spa shooter gets 4 consecutive life sentences in Cherokee plea deal
A memorial set up in from of Young's Asian Massage on Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Acworth, Georgia, to honor the lives of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan and Daoyou Feng, who were shot and killed in spas around Acworth, Georgia, and others who were killed in similar shootings in Atlanta, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Six of the eight total victims were Asian women. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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The victims killed in the March 16, 2021, spa shootings
Atlanta police responded to the crime scene at Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa on Piedmont Road on March 16.

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Spa shootings: A timeline of events that left 8 dead in metro Atlanta on March 16, 2021
District Attorney Shannon Wallace speaks during the plea hearing for spa shooter Robert Aaron Long in a Cherokee County court Tuesday.

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Cherokee DA defends plea deal, decision not to pursue hate crime
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Participants at the Georgia Freight Depot wave signs at the beginning of the Asian Justice 1-year anniversary of the spa shootings rally in Atlanta on March 16, 2022.   STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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‘Stop Asian hate’: Gathering honors spa shooting victims a year later
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, speaks Tuesday at an event in Washington marking the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings.

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U.S. House members say anti-Asian hate crimes didn’t end with Atlanta spa shootings
Phi Nguyen (foreground), executive director of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice, speaks during a ceremony paying tribute to the victims of last years spa shootings Saturday, March 12, 2022. The event was sponsored by Asian-American area leaders on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. (Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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A year of ‘grieving, healing and reflection’ following Atlanta spa shootings
Atlanta police responded to the crime scene at Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa on Piedmont Road on March 16.

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Spa shootings: A timeline of events that left 8 dead in metro Atlanta on March 16, 2021
A memorial set up in from of Young's Asian Massage on Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Acworth, Georgia, to honor the lives of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan and Daoyou Feng, who were shot and killed in spas around Acworth, Georgia, and others who were killed in similar shootings in Atlanta, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Six of the eight total victims were Asian women. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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The victims killed in the March 16, 2021, spa shootings
Atlanta residents gather at Blackburn Park off Ashford Dunwoody Road to pay tribute to the victims of last years spa shootings Saturday, March 12, 2022. The event was sponsored by Asian-American area leaders on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. (Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Atlanta spa shootings: Remembering the victims a year later
Liliana Luna hands out flowers to attendees of a ceremony honoring the victims of last year's spa shootings held Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Blackburn Park in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Remembering victims of metro Atlanta spa shootings a year later
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Robert Aaron Long, who has been charged in the shooting deaths of four Asian woman at two Atlanta spas, pleads not guilty Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court.

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After plea in Cherokee, Fulton DA still pursues hate crime charge, death
Spa shooter booked into Fulton County Jail; arraignment set for next month
Mixed emotions to spa shooter’s Cherokee plea deal as Fulton awaits case
210727-Canton- Robert Aaron Long enters Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton on Tuesday morning, July 27, 2021, for his plea hearing in the spa shootings. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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After plea in Cherokee, Fulton DA still pursues hate crime charge, death
Spa shooter booked into Fulton County Jail; arraignment set for next month
Mixed emotions to spa shooter’s Cherokee plea deal as Fulton awaits case
Cherokee DA defends plea deal, decision not to pursue hate crime
Shelby Swan rearranges flowers at a memorial during a candlelight vigil to honor the lives of those killed at Youngs Asian Massage in March.

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May 11, 2021 Atlanta - Fulton County's district attorney Fani Willis speaks to members of press during a press conference on indictment of Atlanta spa shooting suspect Robert Long at Fulton County Courthouse Judicial Center Tower on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Eight weeks after eight people were killed at three metro Atlanta spas, a Fulton County grand jury has indicted the alleged gunman, the District AttorneyÕs Office said Tuesday. Prosecutors also plan to seek the death penalty and pursue hate crime charges, according to court filings. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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EXCLUSIVE: Cherokee prosecutors near plea deal with spa shooting suspect, Fulton DA says
March 26, 2021 Norcross - Monks from Jun Dung Sa Buddhist temple join in prayer during Worldwide Vigil to remember the victims of the Atlanta area spa shootings at The Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta building in Norcross on Friday, March 26, 2021. The vigil was held to pay respects to the deceased, find communal healing and hope in the face of heightened violence that has traumatized the entire Asian American community, and call for solidarity under a banner of anti-racism. This vigil is part of numerous events taking place on March 26th, which has been promoted as the #StopAsianHate National Day of Action and Healing by Asian American Congressional leaders and civic organizations.  (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia Republicans oppose measure condemning Atlanta spa shootings
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. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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U.S. House passes bill to curb anti-Asian hate crimes, sends it to Biden
U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, takes a moment to pray after laying flowers at Gold Spa in Atlanta.

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Spa shootings survivor: Alleged gunman will be judged by Georgians, God for his crimes
May 11, 2021 Atlanta - Fulton County's district attorney Fani Willis walks to the podium before she speaks to members of press during a press conference on indictment of Atlanta spa shooting suspect Robert Long at Fulton County Courthouse Judicial Center Tower on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Eight weeks after eight people were killed at three metro Atlanta spas, a Fulton County grand jury has indicted the alleged gunman, the District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Prosecutors also plan to seek the death penalty and pursue hate crime charges, according to court filings. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Spa shootings suspect indicted in 2 counties; Fulton to pursue hate crime charges
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)

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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)

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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.

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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.

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1 month later, Cherokee spa shooting survivor released from hospital
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