Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
Posted: May 11, 2021 2:00 PM CDT
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses has been indicted on murder charges. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent.
A Fulton County prosecutor says she'll seek hate crime charges and the death penalty after a grand jury indicted 22-year-old Robert Aaron Long on murder charges Tuesday.
The indictment only covers the four killings that happened at two spas in Atlanta.
It will be up to a separate grand jury in Cherokee County to decide on charges in the shooting at a spa near suburban Woodstock in which four were killed and one person was wounded.