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Robert Aaron Long enters Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Ga. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Long, accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent at an Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to four of the murders and was handed four sentences of life without parole. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
‘Swift justice’: Spa shooter gets 4 consecutive life sentences in Cherokee plea deal
Friends and families of the victims listen during the plea hearing for spa shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long in Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Ga. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The man accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to four of the murders. He was handed four sentences of life without parole. Robert Aaron Long still faces the death penalty in the four other deaths, which are being prosecuted in a different county. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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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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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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Robert Aaron Long was transferred to the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday morning as he awaits trial in the Atlanta spa shootings. Before he arrived, he received a new haircut.
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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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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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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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Friends and families of the victims listen during the plea hearing for spa shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long in Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Ga. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The man accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to four of the murders. He was handed four sentences of life without parole. Robert Aaron Long still faces the death penalty in the four other deaths, which are being prosecuted in a different county. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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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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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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03/19/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Members of the the Atlanta Korean-American Committee against Asian Hate Crimes hold signs during a a vigil for the victims of the spa shootings outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta, Friday, March 19, 2021. The committee consists of Korean-American community members, business leaders and religious leaders. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, takes a moment to pray after laying flowers at the Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth on Sunday, March 28, 2021. Xiaojie Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; and Paul Andre Michels, 54, were shot and killed at the spa earlier this month. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution)
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An emotional Hollis Wright gazes at the memorial-strewn front of the Gold Spa on Piedmont Avenue on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Atlanta. Wright regularly drives by the spa while taking her daughter to daycare. On this day she stopped to look at the flowers and read the notes left behind. The Gold Spa and the Aromatherapy Spa in Atlanta are two of the three spas where eight people were killed by a gunman on March 16, 2021. Six of the eight victims were Asian women. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Candles sit in front of a memorial during a candlelight vigil last week in Acworth. The Atlanta spa shootings are the latest incident that are driving increased demand for mental health services, including among Asian Americans. (CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)
Spa killings add to nation’s anxiety, amplify concerns of Asian Americans
Members of a Chinese Sunday School take a group portrait in front of First Baptist Church in Augusta in the 1950s. Ray Rufo, former president of Augusta’s Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, is on the far upper right in glasses. Paul Jue, at far left, was one of the first Chinese American deacons in the Southeast. (Courtesy of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Augusta)
Asians have long, complex history navigating Georgia’s racial divides
One week after Georgia's deadliest shootings since 1999, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution spoke with members of the Asian community shopping in Chamblee and Doraville about their thoughts on the shootings, the motivation behind them and whether they have experienced hateful incidents during the pandemic. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@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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