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ATLANTA (AP) â A white man accused of killing eight people, most of whom were of Asian descent, at massage parlors in the Atlanta area told police the attack was not racially motivated and that he potentially had a sex addiction, officials said Wednesday.
Still, authorities said they were investigating whether the deaths were hate crimes amid concerns over a wave of attacks on Asian Americans. Six of the victims were identified as Asian and seven were women.
It was not clear if Robert Aaron Long, 21, ever went to the parlors where the shootings occurred; one official said he had while another indicated he may have only visited businesses like them. Authorities also said he was planning to go to Florida in a plot to attack some type of porn industry.
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Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlour on Mar 16, 2021, in Acworth, Georgia. (Photo: AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
17 Mar 2021 11:29AM (Updated:
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ATLANTA: Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs on Tuesday (Mar 16) evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said.
A 21-year-old man suspected to be involved in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said.
Shootings at three massage parlours in US state of Georgia leave eight dead
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United States officials say the suspect in a series of shootings at an Atlanta-area massage parlour that left eight people dead may have a sexual addiction and that it was too early to say if the attack was a hate crime.
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Police believe one man was behind all three shootings
A 21-year-old has been arrested
Police arrested a white 21-year-old Georgia man who they said had taken responsibility for the shootings.
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A police officer watches as a body is taken from the Gold Spa massage parlor after a shooting, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left multiple 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. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Photo: Associated Press
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was yet another hate crime against Asian Americans.