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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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FBI: Atlanta spa killings among 61 active shooter incidents in U.S. in 2021
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.

Credit: Christina Matacotta for the AJC

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
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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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Mixed emotions to spa shooter’s Cherokee plea deal as Fulton awaits case
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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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
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