Elcias R Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, was identified as having been injured.
Massage parlors are known to sometimes provide prostitution services, but authorities say there is no indication yet that this is the case at the targeted locations.
‘These are legally operating businesses that have not been on our radar,’ said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who added that the city would not engage in
‘victim shaming, victim blaming’.
Mounting anti Asian hate crime
‘During his interview, he gave no indicators that this was racially motivated,’ Reynolds said during the press conference.
‘We asked him that specifically and the answer was no.’
Officials said Long appeared to be working alone and there was no active threat to the community.
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