Hynson said Michels was a friend of Tan's. Paul Andre Michels, 54, was also killed at Young's Asian Massage. Details about Feng have been scarce, and her family members could not be reached by CBS News. Hynson said she'd only worked at Tan's business for a few months, and didn't speak much English, but he knew her to be a kind, easy-going person. "Good people usually have a lot of good people that surround them."Äaoyou Feng, 44, was one of Tan's employees and was also killed in Tuesday's attack. "The girls' personalities were a reflection of Emily," he said. The women who worked at Young's were "super friendly, super sweet, super-nice," Hynson said. Hynton said, typically, four other employees worked in the massage parlor with Tan, and the women who worked for her usually lived in her house, each with her own room. "That's a lot, a lot, a lot of hate to do what this person did." "Obviously this person had an awful lot of hate," Hynson said. cities in 2020, reflecting a growing trend of discrimination against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Reports of anti-Asian hate crimes rose nearly 150% in major U.S. Authorities said it was still too early to rule out a hate crime. The man accused of fatally shooting eight people has been charged with eight counts of murder. "She poked her head out when I walked in," he said, and he told her he'd talk to her later. He had 20 or 40 minutes to spare while waiting for bedding to dry at the laundromat, so he decided to swing by and see if Tan was free. Instead, he saw her for the final time last weekend. Hynson planned to bring her a cake and a gift to celebrate, hoping he could surprise her this time. Tan would have celebrated her 50th birthday last Thursday - two days after she was killed inside her business. She treated everybody equally," Hynson said, adding, "She always told me I'm family. "I can't imagine this person ever having an enemy because she treated everybody with kindness, with warmth. "I was like, 'Oh my god.' How lovely is that?'" he said. On his most recent birthday, she told him to come to the store, where she surprised him with flowers and a birthday cake. Hynson said Tan loved her friends and family, and she showed it. He said she'd recently traveled to Disney World and to China to visit family. She was "open, curious, eager to learn new things," Hynson said, and would ask him questions about restaurants and new foods she wanted to try.