eight people are dead and one suspect is in custody after shootings at three metro area massage parlors. four of the victims are of korean ethnicity. we heard numerous gunshots coming from across the street. police are investigating the theory that all the cases are connected. average new covid case counts are rising in as many states as they are falling. we are just starting to turn the corner and where this goes depends on us protecting ourselves and others. we re asking for another wave. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day, it s wednesday, march 17th, 6:00. erica hill is with me. we have details of new shootings at atlanta massage parlors that led eight people dead and this has led to increased security across the country. one suspect, 21-year-old robert aaron long is in custody. police say it s extremely likely that one person did carry out all of thes
this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. erica hill is with me this morning. developing overnight, security increased in cities across the country. new concerns of anti-asian crime after a deadly murder spree near atlanta targeting the massage parlors. at least eight people killed. according to the atlanta journal constitution, six of them were asian women. a suspect, 26-year-old robert aaron long is in custody and police are not talking about a motive but the concern that these shootings could be racially motivated is real. ryan young is in atlanta with the late-breaking details for us. good morning. reporter: erica, just a devastating attack. leaving a lot of people in the community asking why. you can see one of the massage parlors across the street here and this was surrounded by police for hours and we re waiting to hear what the motive was. a shooting rampag
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referring to as massage parlors. tonight eight people are dead, at least half the victims said to be asian women. this has brought out a huge police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we don t know anything further about possible motive as of yet. one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was day 56 of the biden administration. we have brand-new revelations tonight about what vladimir putin and the kremlin were up to when it came to ensuring the 2020 election ended with the defeat of joe biden and the re-election of donald trump. the director of national intelligence has released a report on how moscow tried to carry out in effect a sequel to its 2016 e
atlanta metro area, all three locations are massage parlors. a suspected shooter first entered a business called young s asian massage parlor in cherokee county, 45 minutes outside of atlanta. police say the shooter at that location spot and killed three people there at that massage parlor and injured two others. then in a different location, less than an hour later, four more people shot and killed at two additional massage parlors in atlanta. again, so this is metro atlanta, cherokee county, and atlanta proper. now, officials have not said whether they think these shootings at three places were connected, but police did note tonight that the shootings took place at three spas, three massage parlors, where the majority of the employees are asian. police say all four victims who were shot and killed at the second and third locations appeared to be asian women. now, police say they have not yet identified a suspect or a motive. but again, nbc s affiliate in atlanta is confirmi