ethnically motivated violent extremists promoting white supremacy are, quote, the most lethal threats right now here in the united states. let s start our coverage this hour in atlanta. our national correspondent ryan young is joining us. ryan this, s new information emerging now about the suspects in these terrible killings. translator: i want to show you something here, wolf. this growing memorial has been building here in atlanta, a city that s known as being too busy to hate, but right now a lot of people have questions about why this shooter opened fire. shock and outrage in atlanta, georgia, and across the nation after a shooting spree left eight people dead, six of whom were asian women. police say the suspected shooter, 21-year-old robert aaron long has admitted to the attacks on three separate atlanta-area spas, but they say it s too soon to call his crimes a hate crime. he claims it was not racially motivated. reporter: according to investigators the suspect d
growing memorial. a tribute to mostly young lives lost, around two thirds of them women from more than a dozen countries. by monday evening all the victims had been identified. two american students, both college juniors among them, steve blesi from georgia had been in south korea two months. ann giske a nursing student from kentucky, her devastated and heart broken father called her a bright light loved by all. this is a week long period of national mourning. the streets of the city usually bustling deserted. as this memorial grows the public anger grows as well. yes there s grief and you can it with a knife but there s so and
district packed with around 100,000 people saturday night. i told you not to go, says this brother in between waves of grief. his sister died on the sidewalk just steps away from this growing memorial. a small mountain of flowers and emotional tributes to the mostly young lives lost. around two-thirds of them women from more than a dozen countries. by monday evening all of the victims had been identified. two american students, both college juniors, lie among them. steven blessy, a college student from georgia, celebrating the end of midterm exams. he had only been in south korea two months. ann geeske, her devastated and heartbroken father called her a bright light loved by all. this is a week-long period of national mourning. the streets usually bustling,
trunk and hit aidan in the stomach while he sat in his booster in the back seat. he said, mommy, my tummy hurts! so she went and she picked him up, and he was bleeding on her. she had blood on her clothes. and then he started turning blue, and that was the last time that my mom saw him alive. reporter: aidan s mom says a female driver and a male passenger were involved in this deadly case of road rage. i want to find them and i want there to be justice to be served for my son. reporter: tonight, police say they re tracking down several leads. aidan had just turned six and there are birthday balloons here at his growing memorial. norah. o donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. as america reopens, we have seen an explosion in violence more than 200 mass shootings this year alone. this past weekend, at least 75 people were injured in 13 mass shootings in ten states.