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Eight people died after shootings at three massage parlors in Atlanta and its suburbs, police said.
The persecution began in Georgia and a 21-year-old man was detained, officials added.
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people died at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fourth person died at another spa across the street.
He said the four victims were women and “it looks like they may be Asian.”
Atlanta police officers who responded to a call for an ongoing robbery at a spa around 5.50 p.m. found three women dead from apparent gunshot wounds, police said.
While at that scene, they learned of a call reporting shooting at another spa across the street and found a woman who appeared to have been shot and killed inside the business.
Earlier, around 5 p.m., five people were shot at Young’s Asian massage parlor in Acworth, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, said Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker.
Two of the victims were dead and three were taken to a hospital where two of them also died, Captain Baker said.
A man suspected of the Acworth shooting was caught on surveillance video that approached the business around 4.50 p.m. Tuesday, minutes before the shooting, authorities said.
Captain Baker said the suspect, Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, was detained in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
He said they believe Long is also the suspect in the Atlanta shootings.
PA media
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