Georgia Youngs Asian Massage Parlor shootings: 8 dead, man taken into custody
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
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By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said.
The attacks began around 5 p.m., when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in a strip mall near a rural area in Acworth, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said. Two people died at the scene and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died, Baker said.
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Suspect charged with killing 8 in Atlanta-area shootings that targeted Asian-run spas
Tim Craig, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Paulina Firozi and Griff Witte, The Washington Post
March 17, 2021
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ACWORTH, Ga. - Police on Wednesday charged a 21-year-old man with murder, a day after eight people were shot dead at three Asian spas in and around Atlanta in a killing spree that sharply amplified fears among Asian Americans over a nationwide surge in hate crimes and bigoted rhetoric.
Authorities said Robert Aaron Long had confessed to the killings and had told investigators he had a sexual addiction. Long indicated he may have frequented the spas in the past, police said, and that they were a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate.
Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors
Atlanta spa murders highlight a rise in violence against Asian Americans in the United States By KATE BRUMBACK and ANGIE WANG | March 17, 2021 at 5:25 AM CDT - Updated March 18 at 5:15 AM
ATLANTA (AP) A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic.
A day after the shootings, investigators were trying to unravel what might have compelled 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long to commit the worst mass killing in the U.S. in almost two years.
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Shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta that have left eight people dead have happened amid a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans.
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