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July 23, 2021 6:30 pm
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The man charged with multiple murder counts after an alleged shooting spree at three Atlanta-area spas in March is scheduled to be arraigned next week.
Robert Aaron Long is accused of killing eight people, including six Asian woman, on March 16.
He’s scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office told ABC News. Among 19 total counts, he faces four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder and one count of domestic terrorism.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday that she believes a plea deal has been reached in the case ahead of the Cherokee County arraignment. But, Cyndi Crossland, a spokesperson for the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office, told ABC News that county D.A. Shannon Wallace “is ethically prohibited from discussing any type of plea negotiation.”
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Former Southern Baptist youth leader Robert Aaron Long, 21, shortly after his arrest for killing eight people at three massage parlors in Georgia. | Crisp County Sheriff s Office
Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, the only person to survive being shot by Robert Aaron Long, 22, during a March shooting spree that left eight people dead at three massage parlors in Georgia, says he wants him to be âultimately judged by God after a prosecutor announced she plans to seek the death penalty for his crimes.
âI donât want the world to hear me saying that he should or shouldnât die,â Hernandez-Ortiz told WSBTV Wednesday through his translator and attorney Doug Rohan.