Atlanta Spa Killings - GA vs Robert Aaron Long for 8 murders

Suspect in deadly Atlanta shooting spree stopped by trooper with PIT maneuver: report

The Georgia State Patrol used a tactical PIT (pursuit intervention technique) maneuver Tuesday evening on a freeway to stop the one suspect after three deadly shootings in and around Atlanta left at least eight people dead, according to a report.

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Six out of the eight killings in Atlanta were Asian women. No motive reported yet, investigation still underway.

 

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Judge denies attempt to limit media broadcasting of Atlanta spa shooter's pretrial proceedings

Robert Aaron Long faces multiple murder charges in the March 2021 shooting spree between Cherokee County and Atlanta.

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Judge denies attempt to limit media broadcasting of Atlanta spa shooter's pretrial proceedings​

A judge in Fulton County on Friday ruled that the news media will continue to be able to record and broadcast pretrial proceedings in the case of Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long

The case against Long, in which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, has slowly progressed in the nearly three years since the shootings targeting spas and killing eight people -- seven women, six of them of Asian descent, and one man.

A motions hearing, the latest step in the pretrial process, was held Friday before Judge Ural D. Glanville.

Prosecutors, arguing against the motion to limit media access, said defense attorneys had failed to point to specific coverage by any outlet that might be prejudicial or inflammatory.


Long has already pleaded guilty to the case in Cherokee County, receiving a sentence of life in prison without parole for the four killings of Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun-Gonzalez, and Paul Andre Michels at Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth.

Soon Chung Park, Sun Cha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, and Hyun Jung Grant were killed at two Atlanta spas following the shooting in Acworth.

Yeah, all of this stuff might prejudice the jury. All the stuff being reported by the media like: "He already pleaded guilty."

 

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Fulton County prosecutors OK to seek death penalty for accused Atlanta spa shooter, judge says - WABE

A Fulton County judge is allowing prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against the man accused of committing the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings. Attorneys for Robert Aaron Long argued last […]

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Fulton County prosecutors OK to seek death penalty for accused Atlanta spa shooter, judge says​

A Fulton County judge is allowing prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against the man accused of committing the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings.

Attorneys for Robert Aaron Long argued last year that he should not be put to death because he was a young adult whose brain had not fully developed at the time of the alleged crimes.

They also claimed that Georgia’s process for the death penalty was unconstitutional.

But Chief Judge Ural Glanville recently denied those motions, allowing Long’s death penalty trial to move forward.

According to court documents, Glanville found that “neither the federal nor state constitutions prohibit the application of the death penalty against someone who was 21 years old at the time of the alleged offenses.”

Long, now 24, is already serving four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 35 years, for the people he killed at a spa in Cherokee County.

However, he has pleaded not guilty to killing an additional four people, all of whom were women of Asian descent, in Fulton County. District Attorney Fani Willis has said she intends to pursue hate crime sentence enhancements.

Long’s charges include murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic terrorism and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.


Meanwhile, a date for Long’s death penalty trial has yet to be set.