“I want to hold her tight,” Webb told CNN about her mother. “Give her a hug … hold her hand, give her a long hug.”
Tan’s ex-husband, Michael Webb, says he just wants justice.
He said, “I think whatever difference we make … that’s justice.” “It was a genocide. We have a justice system and we have to hold it accountable. And our family will be involved in the process as much as we can.”
“We want justice to happen and we hope it will happen.”
“Atlanta Mayor Cesha Lance Bottoms told CNN on Saturday that he acknowledged that the crime was committed out of contempt for a particular community and that I think it’s important that prosecutors and police consider bringing those charges. ”
Rallies across the country
Hundreds of protesters gathered at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday. A Florida resident who drove eight hours to attend told CNN the violence was “a collision at home.”
“I see my mother, I see my acquaintances, my peers,” said Timothy Fane. “This is an Asian issue but on top of that, this is more than that, this is a human issue.”
“The biggest problem in fighting hate crime is that a lot of incidents are not reported,” California Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, who introduced the bill to establish a statewide hate crime hotline, told CNN. “We want to make it as easy and safe as possible for people to report these incidents of hate crime.”
“The women who died looked like me, they looked like my mom, they looked like my aunt,” New York State Assembly member Yuh-Line New said during a rally in Manhattan on Saturday. “They look like us.”
These are the victims of violence
Victims include 49-year-old Tan of Keneso; Ashley Yawn, 33, of Delaina, Worw; Paul Andre Mitchells, 54, of Atlanta; And Dao Feng, 44, who was fatally shot at Young’s Asian Massage. Alkius R, 30, of Worwworth. Hernandez Tiertiz was also shot at Young’s Asian Massage, but survived.
Within an hour after the first shooting, four Asian women were killed in Atlanta – three at the Gold Massage Spa and one at the Aromatherapy Spa, on the street. They were: Soon Chung Park, 74; Hyun Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; And according to the Fongton County Medical Examiner’s Office fee, ong, 63, is a U.S. citizen.
One of the four victims in Atlanta was a South Korean citizen and a permanent resident of the U.S., according to Kwangsuk Lee, South Korea’s deputy consulate general in Atlanta. The other three are believed to be of Korean descent, Lee told CNN on Friday.
Charlie Yoon Kim, president of the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta, told CNN that he received phone calls from two families of victims who shared their financial difficulties after the sudden tragedy and “asked us if we could help them.”
“They were concerned about rent and utility fees and other practical costs, including the funeral process,” Kim said.
Kim added that the association is now planning to raise funds to provide assistance to the victims’ families.
“All Asian groups and organizations are ready to join to increase support for those affected by this incident, so I hope we can get some practical help for them,” Kim told CNN.
Leave behind sorrows and troubles
“To be honest, I don’t have time to mourn for long,” his son, Randy Park, wrote on the page. “My brother and I will need to find a possible year livelihood situation for the next few months. Right now I have been advised to move out of my existing home at the end of March to save money and find a new place to live.”
“My grandmother was an angel, it’s unbearable to think of taking her in such a horrible way. As an immigrant, all my grandmothers wanted in life was to grow up with my grandfather, and watch her children and grandchildren live. Life never meant living that. Not found, “says Page.
“We are still shocked by the violent murder of our mother, but through our grief we are planning to bring her back to our family and resolve her financial affairs,” he wrote.
Hernandez-Tiertiz was shot in the forehead and the bullet went into his lungs and abdomen, his wife, Flora Gonzalez Gomez wrote on the page, now in intensive care at the hospital.
Suspected in murder charge
The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was arrested Tuesday night at a traffic stop 150 miles south of Atlanta.
He told police he believed he had a sexual addiction and that he saw the spa as “a lure … that he wanted to get rid of,” Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Jay Baker said Wednesday.
He claimed the attacks were not racially motivated, Baker added. But Atlanta police say it’s too early to know the suspect’s motive.
Cherokee County District Attorney Shannon and Wallace said the investigation is ongoing and appropriate charges will be brought.
Long is being held without a chance for bail in Cherokee County, where he faces four counts of murder with mischief, one count of attempted murder, one count of sophisticated assault and five counts of using a weapon while committing a criminal offense.
He has been charged with four counts of murder in connection with two spa shootings in Atlanta, according to Atlanta police.
CNN’s Paul Verkeman, Jason Hanna, Madeline Holkobe and Yunjung CO contributed to the report.
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