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Massage Spa Shootings In Georgia Leave 8 Dead, Including 6 Women Of Asian Descent
Police arrested Robert Aaron Long, 21, hours after the shootings. Authorities said it s too early to say whether the crimes were racially motivated.
By Carla Herreria Russo, Nick Visser, and Hayley Miller
Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of opening fire at three massage spas in northern Georgia hours earlier, killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, was apprehended by law enforcement officials while driving to Florida, where he may have planned to carry out additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday during a news conference. Police recovered a 9 mm handgun during the traffic stop.
8 killed in 3 separate spa shootings in US
Police took 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks
AFP
March 17, 2021
PHOTO: REUTERS/File
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been deliberately targeted.
Four of the victims were killed at Young s Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb of Georgia s capital city Atlanta, the