Robert Aaron Long’s parents kicked him out of the house on Monday night, according to police and a friend. The next day, police said, he bought a handgun.
After some authorities appeared to play down the racial dimensions of the killings. those remarks were challenged by Asian American leaders, Democratic politicians and law enforcement experts.
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The shooting made visible the worst-case scenarios many Asians living in the United States had feared. Many expressed a similar sentiment: We knew this was coming.
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Montgomery County fire Capt. Peter Dugan administers a Moderna shot at a vaccination clinic Thursday for senior citizens at Charter House in Silver Spring. (Bill O’Leary/The Post)
Adults 60 and older will be eligible to seek a coronavirus vaccine in Maryland starting Tuesday. Priority will then expand over the next four weeks to include all Maryland residents 16 and older by April 27.
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