{"id":67386,"date":"2021-03-17T11:19:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=67386"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:50:25","slug":"eight-dead-in-us-spa-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=67386","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta: 8 killed in 3 shootings at spas."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Woodstock, Ga. Officials say 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, has been captured hours after multiple people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

News Desk: Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday and a 21-year-old male suspect was in custody, police and local media reported, though it was unclear if the attacks were related.<\/p>\n

Four people were killed in a shooting at Young\u2019s Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb of Georgia\u2019s capital city Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing the Cherokee County sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cShooting suspect in custody!\u201d the county sheriff\u2019s office posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta police department separately confirmed that four women were found dead at two business establishments in Atlanta, identified by media as the Gold Massage Spa, and Aroma Therapy spa.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon arrival, officers located three females deceased inside the location from apparent gunshot wounds,\u201d the police department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

While on the scene, officers were advised of shots fired across the street, and upon responding they found a fourth woman who appeared to have been shot dead.<\/p>\n

Police told CNN told that all four victims in Atlanta appeared to be Asian.<\/p>\n

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the suspect is a 21-year-old man, taken into custody about 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, investigators are gathering information from both scenes to determine exactly what occurred and attempting to obtain confirmed information regarding the suspect or suspects,\u201d said the Atlanta police statement.<\/p>\n

It said it was too early to confirm whether the shooting in Atlanta and Cherokee County were linked but that they were \u201clooking into that possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday and a 21-year-old male suspect was in custody, police and local media reported, though it was unclear if the attacks were related. Four people were killed in a shooting at Young\u2019s Asian Massage near Acworth, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n