A series of shootings broke out in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, the USA at the Youngs Asian massage parlor at 5 pm on Tuesday in the remote countryside of Georgia.
Eight people were killed in a shooting at three separate massage parlors, the shooting lasted for an hour.
Three died on the spot and two others were rushed to the hospital. Others were seriously injured.
Six of these women are identified as Asian-Americans.
According to police, they rushed to the spot when they received a call, when they reached the location three women were found dead at the massage parlor. There was also a shooting at an aromatherapy spa on another nearby street.
Police have arrested the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, 21-year-old, in the Crisp area of South Atlanta, as the suspect of involvement in the shooting, with CCTV footage obtained from the scene.
The man is said to be from Woodstock, Atlanta, Georgia.
Footages of him wandering outside the spa were recorded on CCTV cameras.
Cherokee county sheriff’s office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker told the media that he strongly believed the man must have open fired at all three locations.
The car, seen in the first video, was also seen in other areas where the shootings took place.
Atlanta Governor Brian Kemp tweeted that we are all praying for the victims of this horrific violence.
Robert Aaron Long is officially charged with eight counts of murder and the other four related to the maniac open shooting in the two places.
After the racist attacks on black people in America in 2020, the attack on Asian-Americans families has surfaced in the past few weeks.
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Attacks on Asian Americans have widespread throughout the country in the wake of the coronavirus ravaging the superpower nation.
Some people were spreading hate speech, claiming that immigrants were responsible for the spread of the coronavirus.
There is growing concern that these shootings are also part of it.
Although, It is not clear whether that has anything to do with the current incident.
Meanwhile, the State Department said in a statement that not all of those who died at the Youngs Asian massage parlor in Aquarius were women from South Korea.
Eight people, including six Asian women, two of the injured were white women and men and the other was a Spaniard.
Police patrols and surveillance have been intensified in areas where there are Asian-American businesses and residence in Atlanta following the shooting incidents.
Although New York has no connection with the incident, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said that as a precautionary measure, police will be stationed in additional security areas in areas where people of Asian descent live.
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