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Atlanta Spa Shootings

Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, is charged with murder in the case of three separate shootings that left eight people dead.
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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)
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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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Candles sit in front of a memorial during a candlelight vigil 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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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)
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Byron Chan organizes flowers before the start of the funeral for Daoyou Feng in Norcross on Sunday, April 4, 2021. The 44-year-old was among the eight people slain in metro Atlanta spa shootings last month. She was from China and had no known family in the U.S. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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A memorial set up in from of Young's Asian Massage on Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Acworth to honor the lives of Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels and Xiaojie Tan, who were shot and killed on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Four more people were shot and killed at two Atlanta spas later that same day. (Photo: CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)
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Hyo Jung Kim, 46, (left) and Hyun Jung Kim, 48, are the daughters of the late Soon Chung Park, one of the Atlanta spa shooting victims. Their mother’s apartment unit is shown in background in Duluth on Friday, April 2, 2021. Soon Chung Park was among eight people shot and killed March 16 at three spas — two in Atlanta and one in Cherokee County. Park was one of six female victims of Asian heritage. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Mallory Rahman and her daughter Zara place flowers near a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta on March 17, 2021. Three women were killed inside the Gold Spa on March 16, and another woman was found dead that same night at Aromatherapy Spa across the street. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Crabapple First Baptist Church, where the Atlanta shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long was an active member, in Milton, Ga., March 17, 2021. The church posted a lengthy statement on its website Friday morning that called this week’s attacks on three spas “the result of a sinful heart and depraved mind.” (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
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031721 Acworth: U.S. Army veteran Latrelle Rolling (left) and Jessica Lang (right) both pause to pray after dropping off flowers at Young’s Asian Massage where four people were killed on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Acworth. At least eight people were found dead at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday by suspected killer Robert Aaron Long. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”
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03/17/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Atlanta Police Department interim Chief Rodney Bryant makes remarks during a press conference at the Atlanta Police Department Headquarters in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 17, 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)
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