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ATLANTA -- A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. A day after the shootings, investigators were trying to unravel what might have compelled 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long to commit the worst mass killing in the U.S. in almost two years. Long told police that Tuesdays attack was not racially motivate...

Several police agencies are investigating. Author: LaPorsche Thomas, Kristen Reed, 11Alive Staff Published: 6:09 AM CDT March 17, 2021 Updated: 6:37 PM CDT March 17, 2021 ATLANTA — A man was arrested after eight people were killed in shootings at three spas in Cherokee County and Midtown Atlanta Tuesday. The FBI is assisting local officials with the investigation and President Biden has been briefed. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Bid...

AP Photo/Michael Sohn The shootings in the metro Atlanta area on Tuesday evening that left eight people dead are a “tragic reminder” of the need for more gun control laws, according to former president Barack Obama. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Obama tried to tie in the murders at three massage parlors to the current push for new restrictions on gun owners in Congress. Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in Am...

National News Mar 17, 2021 CORRECTS DATELINE TO ACWORTH INSTEAD OF WOODSTOCK - 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) ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight...

In one hour, Atlanta-area spa shootings left 8 dead, including 6 Asian women, local reports say 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’ b...

No early indication of racial motive in Atlanta-area spa shootings – authorities Mar 18, 2021 12:20 AM PHT Reuters The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta on Tuesday, March 16, indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday, March 17. Officials said that suspect Robert Aaron Long, 21, appeared to have frequented the spas where the violence occu...

Barack Obama is speaking out against the recent gun violence in Atlanta. On Tuesday, a man suspected of killing almost a dozen people was taken into custody. The former president addressed the issue via Twitter and said it is a reflection of the lack of gun safety laws.  “Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America. Although the shooter’s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims underscores an alarmin...

Georgia cop who said Atlanta spa shooter was having a ‘bad day’ shared anti-Asian T-shirt on Facebook Peter Sblendorio, Joseph Wilkinson © Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com Captain Jay Baker, of the Cherokee County Sheriffs Office, speaks about the arrest of Robert Aaron Long during a press conference at the Atlanta Police Department headquarters in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The Atlanta police officer who said the suspect in the horrific Atlanta spa shooti...

Eight People Killed at Three Atlanta-Area Spas; One Person in Custody Police have not yet offered a motive in the bloody attacks. But because of many of the victims’ backgrounds, some public officials and organizations have raised concerns that ethnicity came into play, against a backdrop of an increase in violence against Asian Americans nationwide. The shootings — which happened within the space of about an hour — began at a parlor about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. That was followed...

Atlanta mayor: Asian spa shootings a crime against us all POLITICO 4 days ago By Nick Niedzwiadek © Andrea Smith/AP Photo Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she has been in contact with the White House in the aftermath of the shootings. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday condemned the attacks on three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, including six Asian women. “Whether it is senseless violence that weve seen play out in our streets, or more...