Paul Andre Michels was a 54-year-old U.S. Army veteran and small business owner who lived in the Atlanta area for more than two decades. Married for over 20 years and one of nine siblings from Detroit, he ran a security-system installation business and had been doing handyman work while considering a career change and the possibility of opening a spa. He had been working at Young’s Asian Massage near Acworth when, on the afternoon of March 16, 2021, a gunman entered the establishment.

Michels was shot once in the head in the back of the building and was the first victim killed at that location. The attacker then killed three other people at the same business and proceeded to carry out additional shootings at spas in the Atlanta area, bringing the total to eight victims. The shooter was later identified as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long and was arrested the same day after his parents recognized him from released surveillance images and alerted police. Long later pleaded guilty in Cherokee County to the four murders that included Michels and received four consecutive life sentences without parole plus 35 years.

Does anyone who knew Paul Michels or worked in the Acworth area have information about his recent handyman work or his time at Young’s Asian Massage that could add context to what happened?