On March 16, eight people — six of whom were Asian women — sadly lost their lives following consecutive shootings at three Atlanta-area spas, according to CNN.
The attacks come as the Stop AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Hate coalition has tracked nearly 3,800 incidents of violence and harassment against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
over the course of the last year. As of today, March 17, the Atlanta Police Chief has yet to announce a motive in this heinous crime.
However, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, the suspect at the center of the shootings, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault, per The Washington Post.
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