Eight Left Dead in Georgia Shootings Student Byabigail Basile & Genevieve Santilli News Staff Press
Vol. 54 iSSUE 22 www.umassmedia.com the massUMass Boston’s independentmedia student newspaper MARCH 22, 2021 Eight left dead in Georgia shootings Student ByAbigail Basile & Genevieve Santilli News Staff press Horror struck the Asian that four of the women who died conference American community on Tuesday, during the attacks were of Korean March 16, as eight people were descent. killed at three Atlanta-area As of Wednesday, the victims with massage parlors. of the shooting at Young’s Asian Police arrested a suspect on Massage in Acworth, Ga., have Tuesday for the eight murders. been named. Michelle Robert Aaron Long was charged The victims are: Delaina with the murders on Wednesday, Ashley Yaun, aged 33, of March 17. Acworth; Paul Andre Michels, Wu Long told police that the aged 54, of Atlanta; Xiaojie attacks were not motivated by Tan, aged 49, of Kennesaw; and By Abigail Basile race, and claimed to have a “sex Daoyou Feng, aged 44. Elcias News Editor addiction.” Authorities say that R. Hernandez-Ortis of Acworth, “he lashed out at what he saw as aged 30, was injured in the attack. sources of temptation,” according According to the BBC, Vice to AP. President Kamala Harris—the On Tuesday, March 16, The attacks began on Tuesday first Asian American to act as mayoral candidate Michelle Wu at about 5 p.m. Four people were VP in the United States—stated held a press conference aimed killed in Acworth, a town north of during a meeting with Irish directly at student journalists, and Atlanta. According to authorities, officials: “I do want to say to our any questions they may have about less than an hour later, four women Asian-American community that her or her campaign.
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