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Article content ATLANTA — Georgia authorities charged a man with the fatal shootings of eight people, including six Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, and the violence heightened fears among Asian Americans already rattled by a rise in hate crimes directed at them since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The 21-year-old suspect, Robert Aaron Long, told investigators that a sex addiction drove him to commit Tuesday’s killings and indicated he frequented spas in the area, law enforcement officials ...

Atlanta Suspect Robert Aaron Long Planned Attack on Florida Porn Industry, Police Say On 3/17/21 at 12:28 PM EDT The suspect in the Atlanta massage parlor shootings was arrested while he was on his way to Florida to target "some type of porn industry," officials have said. Eight people died in the violence at three massage parlors in and near the city early Tuesday evening. In a press conference, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms revealed that the suspect had been travelling to Florida to pote...

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...

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...

1 of 9 This map shows the locations where multiple female victims were shot dead at three metro Atlanta massage parlors on March 16, according to authorities. Tal Yellin/CNN This map shows the locations where multiple female victims were shot dead at three metro Atlanta massage parlors on March 16, according to authorities. Tal Yellin/CNN A photo from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office of the suspect outside of Young’s Asian Spa in Acworth, GA. Cherokee Sheri...

ATLANTA -- A Georgia official faced swift backlash for pinning a shooting rampage that left eight dead at three Atlanta-area spas on a "very bad day" for the alleged gunman. Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white man, is accused of killing eight people Tuesday evening in attacks that began when five were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, and continued at Gold Spa and Aromatherapy Spa in Atlanta. Six of the victims were identified as Asian and seven...

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...

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...

ATLANTA – A white gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlours claimed to have a “sex addiction” and apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of temptation, officials said Wednesday. The bloodshed immediately raised fears of another hate crime against Asian Americans. But Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police the attack was not racially motivated, and police said it appeared it may not have been. Six of the victims w...

We Need Help: Georgia Sen. Michelle Au Sent Asian American Warning Day Before Shooting On 3/17/21 at 1:03 PM EDT Michelle Au, Georgias first East Asian state senator, has condemned the "senseless shootings" that took place in and around Atlanta on Tuesday, saying: "We are scared for our families, we are scared for our friends." A day before the violence that led to eight deaths, Au had issued a warning about racism against Asian Americans on the state Senate floor. "Recognize that we need help,...