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"An unspeakable tragedy": Asian American community reacts to deadly spa shootings in Georgia By Li Cohen, April Siese Updated on: March 17, 2021 / 2:49 PM / CBS News 8 dead in Atlanta-area spa shootings A series of shootings in Georgia on Tuesday night has left many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders feeling "heartbroken" and "frightened."  Eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were shot and killed at three Atlanta-area spas, and another man was woun...

55 shares Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ATLANTA (AP) — A white man accused of killing eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, at massage parlors in the Atlanta area told police the attack was not racially motivated and that he potentially had a “sex addiction,” officials said Wednesday. Still, authorities said they were investigating whether the deaths were hate crimes...

By Jason Hall Mar 17, 2021 Eight people are dead were wounded following shootings at three Atlanta-area spas on Tuesday (March 16) evening. Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, was arrested following a brief manhunt, Cherokee County Sheriffs Captain Jay Baker confirmed to Federal agents joined the investigation into the incidents on Tuesday, which began in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta, and later included two other shootings in Atlanta, with at least six of the victims appearin...

Cherokee County Sheriffs office Robert Aaron Long, Georgia massage parlors shooting suspect. ATLANTA, Georgia — A white gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors was charged with murder Wednesday in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community that’s increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police the attack was not racially motivated, claiming to hav...

Eight people were killed in shootings across three Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday. Atlanta police officers responded to a "business robbery in progress call" at Gold Spa massage parlor on Tuesday around 5:47 p.m. local time and found three women dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside the establishment, Sgt. John Chafee of Atlanta Police Departments Public Affairs Unit tells PEOPLE in a statement. Get push notifications with news, features and more. ...

Governor addresses rise in violence against Asian Americans By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Posted at 1:20 PM, Mar 17, 2021 and last updated 2021-03-17 13:20:37-04 RICHMOND, Va. -- A white man accused of killing eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, at massage parlors in the Atlanta area told police the attack was not racially motivated and that he potentially had a “sex addiction,” officials said Wednesday. Still, authorities said they were investigating whethe...

Megan Varner/Getty Images toggle caption Megan Varner/Getty Images Mourners visit and leave flowers on Wednesday at the site of two shootings at spas across the street from one another in Atlanta. Megan Varner/Getty Images The suspect in three attacks that killed eight people at Atlanta-area spas on Tuesday has been charged with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. Cherokee County officials announced on Wednesday afternoon that Robe...

There were 3,800 incidents of crimes against Asian-Americans in the past year, advocacy group said

Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports Santa Cruz Warriors guard Jeremy Lin is speaking out following shootings at three metro Atlanta massage parlors that left eight people, including six Asian women dead. "To my Asian American family, please take time to grieve but know youre loved, seen and IMPORTANT," Lin tweeted. "We have to keep standing up, speaking out, rallying together and fighting for change. We cannot lose hope!!"  Cherokee County authorities responded to a call about a shooting at Youn...

Mayor: Suspect in massage parlor shootings was headed to Fla. March 17, 2021 at 11:26 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 6:36 PM The suspect in three Asian massage parlor shootings in Georgia was headed to Florida to possibly "carry out additional shootings," Atlantas mayor said Wednesday morning. Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, has been arrested in connection with the fatal shootings Tuesday night. Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in the shootings that took pla...