Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through <a href="https://apnews.com/article/asian-americans-wake-of-atlanta-attacks-1731404048730b467d2b45944ad2c661" target="—blank">Asian American communities</a> nationwide, police say the attacker made a legal purchase: a 9 mm handgun.
Within hours, they say, he had killed <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-shootings-georgia-spas-atlanta-f4a2993e0dd7fe007c7d551688d3b78a" target="—blank">eight people</a>, seven of them women and six of Asian
