by that suspect were staffed predominantly by people of asian descent. all but one of the women killed were of asian descent. the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody late last night. he was charged today with eight counts of murder. law enforcement says he has admitted to the shootings. police say he told them he has a sex addiction and that s why he says he killed all those women working in those spas, because he wanted to eliminate his temptation for his addiction or something. police say in talking with the suspect, he gave them no indication that the killings were racially motivated, even if they did predominantly target asian women. a police captain in the cherokee county sheriff s department, cherokee county is where the first shooting took place. when he discussed the suspect s explanation for the shooting, he told reporters it was because the suspect was having a, quote, bad day yesterday. that s what he said. as if that was an explanation for why the young
Addiction, or something. Police say in talking with the suspect, he gave them no indication that the killings were racially motivated, even if they did predominantly target asian women. A Police Captain in the Cherokee County sheriffs department, which is the Cherokee Countys where the first shooting took place. When he discussed the suspects explanation for the shooting, he told reporters it was because the suspect was having a, quote, bad day yesterday. Thats what he said. As if that was an explanation for why the young man apparently decided to murder eight people. The Police Captain said exactly, quote, yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. Those remarks seeming to imply that having a bad day is the explanation we need for what the murderer did. Those remarks were met with an immediate backlash, given the nature of the crime here. It was shortly thereafter discovered that that same Police Captain, himself, had promoted racist, antiasian coronavirus slogans