- Six of the eight victims were of Asian descent
- Suspect, a 21-year-old white male, indicated he had a ‘sexual addiction’
- Suspect may have planned to carry out additional attacks, police say
- US on alert over possible anti-Asian American motive
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In a statement provided to the Guardian, the Cherokee County police department shared the names of four people who died in the shooting. They also provided the name of one person who was injured: Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, of Acworth, Georgia.
Of the eight people killed, these are the four victims who have been named:
On Monday, the Georgia state senator Michelle Au warned her fellow senators about the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans in Georgia during the pandemic.
Au, a first-generation Chinese American, acknowledged on Wednesday that the motive behind Tuesday’s shooting is still being investigated, but highlighted again the escalating racial discrimination and attacks against Asians.
A statement from our office about the senseless shootings in our community last night. pic.twitter.com/91WOQhlzD6
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