“The Georgia sheriff’s official who said the man accused of killing six Asian women and two others in shootings at spas in the Atlanta area had ‘a bad day’ previously shared a photo of racist T-shirts on social media. In a Facebook post from April 2020, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Capt. Jay Baker shared an image of T-shirts based off the Corona beer label that said ‘Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA.’ ‘Love my shirt,’ Baker wrote. ‘Get yours while they last.'”
“Baker did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but after BuzzFeed News asked about the shirt, the public Facebook post became unavailable. At their press conference about the shootings on Wednesday, police said it was too early to determine if the suspect was motivated by race, but added that the suspect told officials he had sex addiction issues and targeted the businesses because he wanted to ‘take out that temptation.’ As communications and community relations director at the sheriff’s office, Baker was among the law enforcement speakers who gave an update on the investigation. Speaking about the suspect’s explanation for the shootings, which he allegedly admitted to, Baker said it was ‘a really bad day’ for the shooter” – Buzzfeed.