Sunday marks 4 years since deadly metro Atlanta spa shootings - WRDW

[Mariya Murrow]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Sundaymarks four years since eight people fell victim to one of metro Atlanta’s deadliest shootings in history.

Woodstock resident Robert Aaron Long, then 21, opened fire, shooting five people at an Acworth massage business known as Young’s Asian Massage.

Xiaojie Tan, 49, Delaina Yaun, 33, Paul Michels, 54 and Daoyou Feng, 44, were killed and a man was seriously injured.

Investigators said Long then drove approximately 30 miles to Gold Massage Spa in Atlanta where he continued his shooting spree, killing three women — Suncha Kim, 69, Soon Chung Park, 74 and Hyun Jung Grant, 51.

Moments later, police said he crossed the street to Aromatherapy Spa and fatally shot Yong Ae Yue, 63.

Long was arrested four hours later when Georgia State Patrol from Crisp County located his vehicle traveling south on I-75.

Since then, he has been convicted of murder after pleading guilty in Cherokee County.

He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and now faces the death penalty.

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