** 6 nạn nhân trong số 8 người bị giết, của vụ tấn công bằng súng dường như tất cả là phụ nữ Á châu…
Hy vọng không có nạn nhân nào là đồng hương của chúng ta
** All six victims of the Atlanta shootings appeared to be Asian women, police told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Ít nhất một tay súng đã giết chết tám người tại ba tiệm massage ở khu vực Atlanta hôm thứ Ba,
và cảnh sát nói rằng họ đang cố gắng xác định động cơ của các vụ tấn công giết người ( máu lạnh ) này..
Ít giờ sau, cảnh sát đã bắt giữ được kẻ tình nghi giết người, Robert Aaron Long, 21 tuổi, cư ngụ tại Woodstock. Georgia..
Tình nghi thủ phạm: Robert Aaron Long, 21 tuổi..
8 dead in 3 shootings at massage parlors in Georgia; police investigating motive; suspect arrested
At least one gunman killed eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors Tuesday and police say they are trying to determine a motive for the brazen attacks.
Hours after the killings, a 21-year-old man was captured in southwest Georgia. 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.
Baker said they believe Long is the suspect in all three shootings.
The Atlanta Police Department responded to calls of a robbery in progress shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sergeant John Chafee said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY. Police found three women dead when they arrived at the scene.
While police were at the first scene, they received calls regarding shots fired across the street, Chafee said. They responded and found another woman who had been fatally shot inside a massage parlor.
Around 5 p.m., five people were shot at Young's Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, Baker said. Two of the victims were dead and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died, Baker said. The Cherokee Sheriff's Office
released a photo of a suspect on Facebook Tuesday evening.
Around 5 p.m., five people were shot at Young's Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, Baker said. Two of the victims were dead and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died, Baker said. The Cherokee Sheriff's Office
released a photo of a suspect on Facebook Tuesday evening.
All four victims of the Atlanta shootings appeared to be Asian women, police told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
"Having these two shootings occur at massage parlors and with knowledge of Cherokee County's shootings, Zone 2 commanders quickly dispatched officers to check nearby similar businesses and patrols have been increased in those areas," Chafee said.
Deputies in Crisp County received information from Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds that Long was traveling south in a black SUV around 8 p.m., a spokesperson with the Crisp County Sheriff's told USA TODAY. He was spotted by Georgia State Patrol troopers and Crisp County deputies -- a GSP trooper performed a PIT maneuver to stop Long, and he was arrested and transported to the Crisp County Detention Center.
"Many have asked whether these shootings are related to Cherokee County's shootings," Chafee said. "At the moment, it is too early to confirm that, but we have spoken with Cherokee County officials and we are looking into that possibility."
In a tweet,
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he appreciated Long's "quick apprehension" by law enforcement officers who captured Long, who was traveling on the highway before police stopped him.