ATLANTA — The 23-year-old charged in the 2021 spa shooting rampage that killed eight people across metro Atlanta appeared virtually in a Fulton County courtroom Thursday afternoon.
Robert Aaron Long appeared via Zoom for a status conference in his death penalty case. Chief Judge Ural Glanville, who is occupied with the upcoming YSL gang trial, said he would try to set aside four days in May for a series of motions hearings in the case.
“I’m kind of covered up,” Glanville said, referring to the sweeping RICO case against Atlanta rapper Young Thug and 13 of his alleged “Young Slime Life” associates. Day 2 of jury selection was held Thursday in that case, with a second panel of nearly 200 jurors reporting to the courthouse to watch a four-hour video of the judge reading the lengthy indictment. With more than a dozen defendants and the state expected to call more than 300 witnesses, that trial could last six to nine months.
