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Xiaojie Tan

Case from Acworth, GA dated Mar 16, 2021

Victim Details

Xiaojie Emily Tan

Female

Asian

Acworth

GA

2021-03-16

49

Xiaojie

Tan

06/22/2026

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On a Tuesday that would soon be etched in the memory of a nation, March 16, 2021, Xiaojie Tan, a 49-year-old woman of Asian descent, was nearing her 50th birthday. An entrepreneur, she was the owner of Young's Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia. That afternoon, her life, along with the lives of three others at her establishment, was violently cut short in a shooting spree that would ultimately claim eight lives and ignite a national conversation on anti-Asian violence.

The gunman, 21-year- ...
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  • WSBTV: Here’s what we know about the victims of the deadly shooting spree at Asian spas
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