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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.
Suspect in Georgia spa killings charged with 8 counts of murder
ABCNews The man suspected of killing eight people in three separate shootings at spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday has allegedly admitted to the killings and blamed his addiction to sex as the motive, authorities said.
The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, was taken into custody Tuesday night following a police pursuit, authorities said.
The Cherokee County Sheriff s Office said, Long confessed to the shootings in Cherokee County and Atlanta.
He was charged Wednesday afternoon with four counts of murder by the Atlanta Police Department and four counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault by the Cherokee County Sheriff s Office.
Atlanta-area spa shootings: Suspect officially charged after 8 people killed at 3 spas; most victims were Asian Elinor Aspegren, Ryan W. Miller and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY
Suspect in Atlanta area spa shootings claims sex addiction as motive, police say
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ATLANTA Eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, were killed Tuesday night in three shootings at Atlanta-area spas before police arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of being the lone gunman.
Police said the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, told authorities that his actions were not racially motivated and that he frequented some of the spas where the shootings took place. Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said Long viewed the spas as a temptation that he wanted to eliminate.