Eight Dead in 3 Shootings in Atlanta-Area Massage Parlors

Eight people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a gunman opened fired in three different Atlanta-area massage parlors.

CNN reported that a gunman first shot five people in “Young’s Asian Massage near Acworth, Georgia.” Four of those five succumbed to their wounds.

Roughly one hour later, shootings occurred at two locations in northeast Atlanta, and four others were killed.

NBC News notes that a suspect is in custody for the shooting at Young’s Asian Massage, but they do not know if he was involved in the northeast Atlanta shootings.

Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long.

In addition to the eight deaths, there are four injured persons. One was injured in the Young’s Asian Massage shooting and three others in the northeast Atlanta shootings.

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