First Thing: eight people, mostly Asian women, killed in Atlanta shooting
Molly Blackall
Good morning.
At least eight people were killed in a spate of shootings across three massage parlours in the Atlanta area yesterday. Six of those killed were Asian while two were white. A 21-year-old man was arrested following an hours-long manhunt, and is reportedly the suspect in all three attacks.
There is no known motive but NYPD’s counter-terrorism bureau announced that it would deploy officers to Asian communities around New York, and Atlanta police sent officers to check on similar businesses. The shootings come amid an increasing number of attacks against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.