Atlanta, GA
Atlanta spa shootings victims remembered 3 years later
Spa shooting rampage 3-year anniversary
It’s been three years since a shooting rampage at spas across Atlanta left eight people dead, including six Asian women.
ATLANTA – Leaders in Metro Atlanta’s Asian American community held a remembrance ceremony and call to action to honor the eight people who lost their lives in the Atlanta spa shootings on March 16, 2021.
It started with a banner procession, then organizers read the names of the eight people killed, six of whom were Asian women.
One of those victims was Michael Webb’s former spouse, 49-year-old Xiaojie Tan.
“She worked hard, she was dedicated to her business. To see her work so hard and save, then to have her life cut short like that is something I think about every day,” Webb said.
Xiaojie Tan (Supplied by family)
He says he came to Saturday’s ceremony to share her story three years later in hopes of preventing something like this from happening again.
“Because what we went through, nobody should have to go through,” Webb said.
Organizer Cam Ashling said they wanted people to understand the fight against Asian hate is still ongoing.
“I want them to not take it for granted, because something like this could happen to any one of our family members. It could happen to my mom, my sister, myself,” Ashling said.
Eight people total were killed at three spa locations in Cherokee County and Atlanta on March 16, 2021. (Supplied)
We asked her how well she thought state leaders have addressed Asian hate and gun violence in the three years since the shooting.
“Horrible. Yeah, I don’t think we’ve gotten very far. We haven’t gotten any kind of meaningful, safe gun legislation passed since then,” Ashling said.
Many young people participated in the ceremony, through musical numbers, speeches and even a traditional lion dance.
Student organizer Tyler Lee is an 11th grader at Peachtree Ridge High School.
“I’m a Korean-American. My grandmother is a Korean-American. Some of the women that were shot and killed look like my grandmother, and I was extremely disheartened. So, I decided something needed to be done,” Lee said.
Lee has worked to get stricter gun laws passed that he says might have helped prevent the 2021 shooting rampage.
Investigators have said shooter Robert Long bought a gun shortly before going on the killing spree.
Atlanta Spa Shooting suspect serving life without parole
Two years after shootings at three spas in Cherokee County and Atlanta that killed eight people, including six Asian Americans, the man who claims responsibility for at least one of the shootings remains behind bars.
Lee says young Asian Americans need to be a bigger part of the fight against hate.
“I truly believe that we will be the pioneers of what we expect to change in our society,” Lee said.
Ashling says they need the entire Atlanta community to stand together with them against this hate in order to make a real difference.
“We just all want to stand together, and we don’t just want Asian Americans to stand together. We need other communities to stand with us, too,” Ashling said.
Organizers called on those in attendance to share their stories of discrimination and hate.
They also called on people here and throughout the metro area to vote in upcoming elections and show how important fighting asian hate is to their elected officials.
Atlanta, GA
Buckhead apartment building evacuated due to dangerous carbon monoxide levels
ATLANTA – A Buckhead apartment building was evacuated for a time late Tuesday night due to a carbon monoxide alarm.
What we know:
The incident occurred at an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Pharr Court South.
According to Atlanta Fire Rescue, firefighters are investigating elevated carbon monoxide levels.
The entire building was evacuated as a precaution.
One person was evaluated at the scene for possible carbon monoxide exposure.
Crews ventilated the building while they looked for the source.
Firefighters say they were able to finally locate the source and contain it.
Once readings were back to a safe level, residents were allowed back inside the apartments.
What we don’t know:
It remains unclear how many residents were displaced by the evacuation.
The Source: The details in this article come from the Atlanta Fire Rescue.
Atlanta, GA
2 arrested in deadly drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Atlanta girl, police say
Two suspects in a shooting that left a 7-year-old Atlanta girl dead and her mother injured are now in custody nearly a week after the violence, police say.
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 24 at a home on the 2200 block of Tiger Flowers Drive NW.
Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute between one of the victim’s family members and the gunman over the phone. Thirty minutes after the argument, the suspect came back and fired shots into the home, police said.
Officers responding to the scene found a 44-year-old woman and her daughter, identified as 7-year-old Zoe Price, shot. Medics rushed the pair to a local hospital, but Price died from her injuries.
Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the department’s homicide unit secured an arrest warrant for 19-year-old Preston Smith two days after the shooting. Smith turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail on March 2.
Schierbaum said officers executed a search warrant on Feb. 27 at a home on McDaniel Street. On that day, 17-year-old Steven Richardson, who police described as an “accomplice,” turned himself in to authorities.
Both men are charged with murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, three counts of aggravated assault, second-degree criminal damage to property, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and four counts of third-degree cruelty to children. Richardson is also charged with possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 18.
At a press conference to announce the arrests, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens described Price as a bright and compassionate little girl who was “full of energy and full of joy.”
“Her life was cut short in an act of senseless violence, and that loss is not abstract. It is a chair that is going to be missing at the dinner table each night. It is an empty classroom seat next to her friends,” Dickens said.
The mayor called the arrests “a step forward towards justice” for Price’s family and families across the city.
Dickens said that violence, like the act that took Price’s life, would not be tolerated in Atlanta.
Atlanta, GA
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