October 15, 2024

Suspect:
– Robert Aaron Long
– 21 years old, white male
– Described himself as “Pizza, guns, drums, music, family, and God. This pretty much sums up my life. It’s a pretty good life.”
– According to police, his parents recently kicked him out of their house due to concerns about his sex addiction – “kicked out of his parents’ house last night”
– Cherokee County sheriff’s captain Jay Baker told investigators that he blames the massage parlors for providing an outlet for his addiction to sex

Victims:
– 8 killed in 3 spas
Young’s Asian Massage
Gold Spa
Aroma Therapy Spa
– Killed: Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; Paul Andre Michels, 54; Xiaojie Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; Soon Chung Park, 74; Hyun Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; and Yong Ae Yue, 63
– Injured: Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, 30

Police:
– Capt. Jay Baker – “Place your order while they last,” Baker wrote above the photo of two T-shirts that said, “Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA.”

Response:
– President Joe Biden has ordered that flags across the United States lowered to half-staff to honor the eight people who were killed at three Atlanta-area spas.
– “Today @POTUS and I met with Asian American leaders in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the rise in attacks against the community. We want Asian Americans in Georgia and across our nation to know: We won’t be silent. We won’t standby. We will always speak out against violence.” Kamala Harris
Crabapple First Baptist shut down their site and replaced with a statement page

Links:
Wikipedia
Cpt. Jay Baker, who said spa shooting suspect had ‘bad day’
Metro Atlanta spa shooting victims remembered amid outpours of support
Atlanta spa shootings: Biden says ‘hate can have no safe harbor in America’
Christian leaders wrestle with Atlanta shooting suspect’s Southern Baptist ties
Georgia Church Disowns Spa Shooting Suspect, Says He Betrayed Faith
Did Georgia Capt. Jay Baker Promote ‘Imported Virus From Chy-na’ Shirts?
Parents of alleged Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long helped cops apprehend him