The first court appearance Thursday for the suspect in the Atlanta-area spa shootings has been canceled, a Cherokee County court official told The Washington Post.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, was expected in court Thursday for arraignment after eight people, including six Asian women, were fatally shot. But the Cherokee County clerk of courts confirmed to The Post early Thursday that his first appearance had been canceled.
An official with the court could not give a reason for why it was canceled, citing the details surrounding Long’s case as “sealed up.”
“All I can say is that it has been canceled today,” the court official told The Post.
Long has been charged with multiple counts of murder, homicide and aggravated assault. Authorities say he has confessed to the shootings.
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