Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, was 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
A 21-year-old man has been captured in southwest Georgia, hours after eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors.
Cherokee County sheriff’s Capt. Jay Baker said Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Georgia, was taken into custody in Crisp County on Tuesday night, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
The eight women, many of them Asian, were shot dead in three separate shootings at two spas and a massage parlor in and around Atlanta.
The first shooting happened just before 5pm at Young’s Asian Massage parlor off Bells Ferry Road and Highway 92 in Acworth, Georgia about 30 miles north of Atlanta.
It appears that all five victims were shot inside the business.
Two of the victims were dead and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died, Cherokee County Sheriff´s Office spokesman Jay Baker said.
Officials are looking for a suspect in a black Hyundai SUV in connection with a massage parlor shooting on Tuesday in Atlanta
The suspect was captured pulling up the to business in a black SUV minutes before the shooting which occurred in Cherokee County near Bells Ferry Road north of Atlanta
The shopping center where the massage parlor is located was closed to the public as investigators search for ballistics, fingerprints and other evidence according to the
Atlanta Journal Constitution.The suspect was captured by surveillance video pulling up to the business around 4:50pm, just minutes before the shooting.
The sheriff’s office posted surveillance pictures on its Facebook page, asking people to share the images that show the man near the vehicle.
From there, it’s believed Long drove more than 30 miles where a further two shootings occurred in northeast of the city in the suburb of Woodland Hills.
The two spas attacked are located directly across the street from one another.
Three shootings at spas and massage parlors around Atlanta left seven people dead and police on the hunt for those responsible
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fourth person was killed at another spa across the street. He said all four victims were female, and ‘It appears that they may be Asian.’
The second set of shootings occurred less than one hour and fifteen minutes later, just before 6pm at the Gold Spa.
Police were called to the location having been told that a robbery was taking place on the premises.
When police entered they found three women who had all been shot and subsequently died from their wounds.
While on the scene at Gold Spa, cops received a second call from the Aromatherapy Spa directly across the street.
Officers responded immediately crossing Piedmont Road to find that one woman had also been shot and killed there as well.
Gold Spa was the scene of the second shooting in which three women were shot and killed
Police then received a call about a third shooting directly across the street at Aromatherapy Spa Gold Spa across the street
One woman was shot dead inside the Aromatherapy Spa, pictured here
The shootings took place at spas where a majority of the employees are Asian. The four women who were killed in the two spas were said to be of Asian ethnicity.
Hundreds of miles away in New York, the NYPD’s Critical Response Command was deployed to Asian communities throughout the city.
On Tuesday evening in Atlanta, Piedmont Road was completely shut down in both directions with heavy police activity in the area.
Officers could be seen with guns walking on the street outside both spas.
Atlanta police Chief Rodney Bryant said there was no immediate danger to the public.
Investigators are now gathering information from both scenes to determine the timeline of what occurred and the motive behind the shootings.
Police tape can be seen stretching across the front of one of the spas on Tuesday evening
Plenty of police were still on scene as the shootings were investigated as dusk fell
Piedmont Road is shut down in both directions by heavy police activity in the area.
Another shooting happened at Young’s Asian Massage parlor off Bells Ferry Road and Highway 92 in Acworth, Georgia about 30 miles north of Atlanta
BellsFerry Road and Highway 92 were shut down as police were on scene to investigate the shooting possible. Investigating a shooting in that area.