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Atlanta massage parlor shootings leave eight dead including six Asian women Oliver Laughland, Peter Beaumont and agencies A series of shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area have left eight people dead, the majority of them women of Asian descent, leading to fears the killer had a racial motive. A 21-year-old man, Robert Aaron Long, is a suspect in the shootings, and was taken into custody in south-west Georgia about 150 miles (240km) from the city after his car w...

A body is taken away from Gold Spa massage parlor after a shooting, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) An officer stands outside Gold Spa after a shooting, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A police officer watches as a body is taken from the Gold Spa massage parlor after a shooting, la...

BBC News Published media captionAtlanta shootings: "Its scary just to be an Asian American woman" A man has been charged with murder over the killing of eight people at massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia. Officials cannot yet confirm if the attack, in which six Asian women were killed, was racially motivated. Four victims were named on Wednesday. The suspect, named as Robert Aaron Long, faces multiple counts of murder as well as aggravated assault. Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds said ...

Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas, authorities say Paulina Firozi, Mark Berman, Meryl Kornfield, Timothy Bella, Keith McMillan, Hannah Knowles Business owners in Atlanta stunned by shootings, demand action Replay Video UP NEXT Robert Aaron Long was charged with four counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault in the attacks in Cherokee County, according to the sheriff’s office there. The Atlanta police said later Wednesday...

AT least eight people, mostly Asian women, were shot dead at three massage parlours in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, police confirmed today. A spokesperson said that a 21-year-old white man was being held in custody on suspicion of carrying out the attacks. Authorities identified the suspect as Robert Aaron Long, who was caught 150 miles south of the Georgian capital Atlanta. Asian Americans have reported a rise in hate crimes against the community and feared their businesses were del...

By KATE BRUMBACK | Associated Press Mar 16, 2021 Mar 16, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt. Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fourth person was killed at another spa across the stree...

Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; alleged shooter captured Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been captured in southwest Georgia, hours after eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. Cherokee County sheriff’s Capt. Jay Baker said Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Georgia, was taken into custody in Crisp County on Tuesday night, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and ...

By Lexi Lonas - 03/17/21 03:53 PM EDT   Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is facing backlash for the way he described the Georgia man charged with killing eight people Tuesday night. “He was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope, and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did,” Baker said.  Police have said Robert Aaron Long said he targeted massage parlors because he has a “sexual addiction” and wanted to “eliminate”...

(FILES) In this file photo former US President Barack Obama speaks at a Get Out the Vote rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 2020. – Violence against people of Asian decent “must end,” former US president Barack Obama said on March 17, 2021 after a series of shootings in the Atlanta area left six Asian women dead. “Although the shooter’s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims under...

A white man accused of killing eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, at massage parlours in the Atlanta, US area told police the attack was not racially motivated and that he potentially had a “sexual addiction”, officials said Wednesday (local time). Still, authorities said they were investigating whether the deaths were hate crimes amid concerns over a wave of attacks on Asian Americans. Six of the victims were identified as Asian and seven were women. Officials did not say ...