Eight killed in shootings at Atlanta massage parlours
A man was taken into custody after a “brief pursuit” about 240 kilometres from Atlanta, police said. By AFP Wednesday 17 Mar 2021, 7:37 AM Wed 7:37 AM 55,832 Views 66 Comments
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US PRESIDENT JOE Biden has expressed his solidarity with the Asian-American community after a fatal shooting in the state of Georgia last night.
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
Although the gunman has denied the shootings were racially motivated, the incident with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community and triggered immediate fears that A
Shootings at three spas left eight dead, including six Asian women, spurring concern that the killings could be the latest in a surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans.
8 dead in shootings at three spas in metro Atlanta
March 16, 2021 7:35 PM CNN
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Authorities in metro Atlanta are investigating whether shootings at three massage parlors that left eight people dead and one wounded are connected.
Two of the shootings were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta and the other was in Cherokee County to the northwest of the city.
Officials in each jurisdiction said there were no immediate indications of motive and it is unclear whether the shootings were related.
A suspect in the Cherokee County shootings was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta, around 8:30 p.m. about 3 1/2 hours after the killings. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office identified him as Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock.