WABE’s 7 days In Evaluation: The Atlanta-Place Massage Company Shootings

Tuesday’s taking pictures spree at 3 Atlanta-location massage companies killed 8 men and women:

Delaina Ashley Yaun

Xiaojie Tan

Daoyou Feng

Paul Andre Michels

Shortly Chung Park

Hyun Jung Grant

Suncha Kim

Yong Ae Yue

6 of the eight killed have been women of Asian descent. It has led several to simply call this a despise criminal offense primarily based on race, but authorities have still to confirm that as they say they carry on to investigate.

Listen to former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak, who know represents at least a single of the victim’s family members, discuss about why he thinks it is a race-based detest crime. 

WABE’s “Closer Look” invested this week inspecting several angles of the shootings. In Wednesday’s episode, we listened to the heartbreak and dread that so numerous are living with. 

Georgia state Sen. Michelle Au informed us how this function has afflicted her and her spouse and children as properly as the even larger systemic challenges confronted by Asian Us citizens, as we have observed a rise in attacks on the group. 

By Friday, we were mastering more about the incident and the victims. WABE’s Lisa Hagen spoke with Sam Whitehead about the most current aspects. 

The suspect, a 21-yr-outdated white person, is in custody in Cherokee County. He waived his arraignment previously this week.

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