China News Service, July 25. According to a report by the American Chinese website, in March, two spas and a massage parlor in Atlanta, the United States, killed 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women.

The subpoena hearing of the suspect is scheduled to be held on July 27.

At the subpoena hearing, the charges against the suspect will be officially announced.

　　According to reports, according to the location of the incident, the suspect was prosecuted in Fulton County and Cherokee County. The suspect faces 19 charges related to the shooting, including four murders, four felony murders, and one domestic crime. The crime of terrorism.

On March 18, local time, a federal building in Anchorage, Alaska, was lowered to half-mast.

U.S. President Biden ordered federal buildings across the United States to fly at half-mast on the same day to commemorate the victims of the Atlanta shooting.

The shooting resulted in 8 deaths, of which 6 were Asian women.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis said she was told that the Cherokee County District Attorney's Office had reached a plea agreement with the suspect.

　　The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office previously stated that the suspect had told investigators that he shot and killed people because of “sex addiction,” claiming that the attacks were not racially motivated.

　　Willis said at a press conference that she could not imagine under what circumstances she would seek the death penalty.

"Unfortunately, there was a case in the first few months of my term. I think the case deserves the highest penalty and we will pursue it." Willis announced in May that she would demand the death penalty for Lang.

　　Willis moved to move the suspect to Fulton County Prison after being tried in Cherokee County, and asked for an arraignment in Fulton "on or before August 6, 2021 or as soon as possible".

　　Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in the United States, there have been increasing incidents of discrimination, harassment and violence against Asians in the United States.

In April, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to combat anti-Asian hate crimes under the new crown epidemic.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley cast the only "no" vote.