The supect accused of shooting and killing 8 people at massage parlors in the Atlanta area has been indicted on domestic terror and murder charges.
Robert Aaron Long, 22, is charged with the deadly shootings at a business in Cherokee County and two others in Fulton County. He was indicted in both counties.
It was on March 16 that Long is accused of first opening fire inside the Youngs Asian Massage in Woodstock, and then driving nearly 30 miles south to the Gold Spa and Aromatherapy across the street. He is accused of killing 3 women at the first Atlanta spa and one person at the other. Both of those spas are in Atlanta's Buckhead community.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that she will seek the death penalty in the case. According to Willis, the murders will be treated as hate crimes through Georgia's sentencing enhancement law.
Six Asian women were among the victims of the shootings. All 3 of the Atlanta victims were of Asian descent.
It's not clear if the prosecutor in Cherokee County will seek the death penalty.
The Atlanta victims are identified as Soon Chung Park, 74; Suncha Kim, 69; Yong Ae Yue, 63; and Hyun Jung Grant, 51. The Woodstock victims are identified as Paul Michels, 54; Xiaojie "Emily" Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; and Delaina Yaun, 33.