Atlanta area massage parlor shootings: Most of the 8 killed were of Asian descent
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. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)AP
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By KATE BRUMBACK, The Associated Press
Police said the motive wasn’t immediately known, but the ethnicity of many of the victims prompted fears that the killings could be yet another hate crime against Asian Americans.
The attacks began Tuesday evening, when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said. Two people died at the scene, and three were taken to a hospital where two died, Baker said.