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Tuesday, March 16th 2021, 7:59 pm By: Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. - 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. Authorities are not yet sure if he is the suspect in all three shootings. Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fo...

Suspect in Georgia massage parlor shootings may have ‘sexual addiction,’ police say Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 17, 2021 Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. Officials say 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, has been captured hours after multiple people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)AP Facebook Share ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials said ...

Philadelphia police bolstering patrols near Asian communities, businesses following Atlanta-area shootings WPVI PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Following a series of shootings at three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, Philadelphia police say they have bolstered patrols around Asian communities and businesses. Police arrested the white 21-year-old Georgia man who told investigators the crimes were not racially motivated, though many of the victims were women of Asian descent. He told offici...

8 dead in Atlanta-area spa shootings, suspect arrested A string of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday left eight people dead — six of them reported to be Asian women, raising concerns from some public officials that the attacks could be racially motivated. Police have not yet offered a motive in the shootings, which happened over an hour Tuesday before a suspect was taken into custody that night. But because of many of the victims’ backgrounds, some officials and organizati...

Suspect charged with eight murders in Atlanta shootings

(RNS) — A Woodstock, Georgia, resident has been arrested after a killing spree left eight dead in spas around the greater Atlanta area Tuesday (March 16). Robert Aaron Long, 21, has been arrested in connection with the killings of four women at a spa in Cherokee County, Georgia, and four additional women in two other spas in northeast Atlanta, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to police, the suspect told them he had a “sexual addiction,” and he carried out the slay...

Views: Visits 29 Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday, 16 March, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been deliberately targeted. Four of the victims were kil...

Who Is Robert Aaron Long? Atlanta Shootings Suspect in Custody On 3/17/21 at 6:36 AM EDT A 21-year-old white man is in custody after shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area on Tuesday evening. Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, was taken into custody in Crisp County after a manhunt, said Captain Jay Baker of Cherokee County Sheriffs Office. He was charged with murder. Long was described as "nerdy" and "big into religion" by a former high school classmate, who spoke anonymo...

Instead, authorities pointed to the suspect having a possible “sex addiction.” “He apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places and is a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate,” Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said. Baker also described the shooting spree as a result of the killer, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, having a “really bad day,” remarks that drew sha...

Eight Killed, Including Six of Asian Descent, in Shootings Near Atlanta The violence in Georgia unfolded days after US President Joe Biden used a nationally televised speech to condemn a recent surge in hate crimes and discrimination against Asian-Americans. Crime scene tape surrounds Gold Spa after deadly shootings at a massage parlor and two day spas in the Atlanta area, in Atlanta, Georgia, US. March 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Chris Aluka Berry World17/Mar/2021 Eight people, six of th...