Thread by @VABVOX

The names of the Asian woman owner of one of the spas, two Asian women employees, a white woman customer, white male mechanic employee, all murdered, plus a Latinx man wounded and in ICU, have been released.

Atlanta spa shootings: Who are the victims? bbc.com/news/world-us-…

The 30yr old man who was wounded was shot outside one of the spas. He was with his 9yr old daughter. She was not physically harmed, but witnessed her father shot in the head. That the owner of one spa was shot suggests that the shooter knew at least that particular woman victim.

The woman client had gone with her husband for a massage. He was not physically harmed. She was 33 and had two children, including an 8mo old.

Knowing that the Asian women whose names have been released were in their 40s and 50s and one in her 70s really changes the narrative we have been fed about both the shootings and the spas themselves. The white woman murdered appears to be the youngest victim.

This is an evolving story, so more data will be revealed in the coming days. Xiaojie Tan, 49, owned Young's spa and another. She had lived in the US for some years and her daughter had just graduated from college. She was beloved and respected, according to local news reports.

Daoyou Feng, 44, had only been working for Ms. Tan for a few months. But one of her customers described her as very nice.
Paul Michels, 54, was the mechanic and a veteran. Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33, was the newlywed young mother. Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz is fighting for his life.