Spa shooting victim recounts coming face-to-face with shooter By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team and Patty Pan Published Elcias Hernandez Ortiz remembers the moment he begged for his life before he was shot. CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - It's been more than one month since a Woodstock man allegedly entered three Atlanta-area spas and opened fire, claiming eight lives. One victim who narrowly escaped with his life spoke to FOX 5 Atlanta's Patty Pan about surviving being shot in the head inside Youngs Asian Massage in Cherokee County. Elcias Hernandez Ortiz said — through his lawyer and translator Doug Rohan — he begged the shooter for his life before he was shot in the head and miraculously survived.