The husband of a victim in the recent Atlanta shootings says he was detained by the police for four hours shortly after surviving the attack. He claimed he was treated badly for no reason.

Mario Gonzalez and his wife, Delaina Ashley Yaun, were in separate rooms at the Youngs Asian Massage parlor on Tuesday, when the gunman opened fire. Yaun was among eight people who were killed in the mass shooting.

According to ABC News, Gonzalez explained the aftermath of the shooting to Mundo Hispanico. He said Cherokee County officials had detained him in a police car outside the parlor.

“I don’t know whether it’s because of the law or because I’m Mexican. The simple truth is that they treated me badly,” he said. “Only when they finally confirmed I was her husband, did they tell me that she was dead. I wanted to know earlier.”

He remained detained and handcuffed despite security video images released on social media that showed the alleged gunman, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long.

Long was taken into police custody that evening.

Long reportedly frequented two of the spas and had spent time in a rehab clinic for sexual addiction.

State Rep. Bee Nguyen told the New York Times that the killings highlighted “the vulnerability, the invisibility and the isolation of working-class Asian women in our country. And we know that vulnerability makes them targets.”

Asian American violence has spiked since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Julie Tran holds her phone during a candlelight vigil in California on March 17, 2021 to unite against violence targeting Asians after a shooting left eight people dead in Atlanta, Georgia, including at least six Asian women
Julie Tran holds her phone during a candlelight vigil in California on March 17, 2021 to unite against violence targeting Asians after a shooting left eight people dead in Atlanta, Georgia, including at least six Asian women AFP / Apu GOMES
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