Georgia shootings: Eight people killed in attacks on message spas in Atlanta
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Eight people- the majority believed to be women of Asian descent - were killed in shootings at three different spas in the state of Georgia on Tuesday and a 21-year-old male suspect was in custody, US police have said.
Four people were killed in a shooting at Young's Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb of Georgia's capital city Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing the Cherokee County sheriff's office.
"Upon arrival, officers located three females deceased inside the location from apparent gunshot wounds," the police department said in a statement.
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.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt Jay Baker said the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
A man suspected in the Acworth shooting was captured by surveillance video pulling up to the business around 4.50pm on Tuesday, minutes before the shooting, authorities said.
It is "extremely likely" that the same suspect was involved in all three deadly shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia, police told AFP.
In an address to the nation last Thursday, President Joe Biden forcefully condemned what he called "vicious hate crimes against Asian-Americans who have been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated."
"It's wrong. It's un-American. And it must stop," he said.
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