Man captured in Atlanta-area spa shooting case is suspected of killing 8 people at 3 locations
Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, has been arrested in connection with a series of shootings on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at Atlanta-area massage parlors. (Courtesy Cherokee County Sheriff s Office/TNS)
ATLANTA A man captured in South Georgia on Tuesday night is the suspect in three Atlanta-area massage parlor shootings that left eight people dead, authorities said.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, was first identified as the suspect in the shooting at Young’s Asian Massage Parlor in Cherokee County that left four people dead and one person injured, according to the Cherokee sheriff’s office. He was captured Tuesday night in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
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The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Long, will appear in court Thursday.
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The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Long, was taken into custody Tuesday night.Mike Stewart/AP
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.
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US police arrest 21-year-old white man on suspicion of carrying out Atlanta shootings
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Crime scene tape surrounds Gold Spa after deadly shootings at a massage parlor and two day spas in the Atlanta area, in Atlanta, Georgia, US March 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes.
The Democratic party in Georgia calls shooting spree horrifying.
Georgia is home to nearly 500,000 Asian residents, says Asian American Advocacy Fund.
ATLANTA: A 21-year-old white man was taken into custody by the police in the US city of Atlanta for carrying out three attacks that led to deaths of eight people at different spas in the city.
By Tal Axelrod - 03/16/21 10:11 PM EDT
Eight people were killed and another person was wounded in a shooting spree Tuesday targeting massage parlors in the Atlanta area.
The shooting first began at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. Four people were killed in that attack, which took place at roughly 5 p.m., according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
Atlanta police later responded at 5:47 p.m. to a robbery at a massage parlor in the northeastern part of the city, where three women were found dead. Upon arriving at the scene, police received word of shots being fired at a spa across the street, where authorities found another woman dead.