Georgia: Eight Dead In Multiple Shooting At Three Spas In Metro Atlanta, One Suspect In Custody

Video evidence suggests "it is extremely likely" that the same person was responsible for the three deadly shootings at massage parlours in the metro Atlanta area, police said on March 16, Eight people were killed & one person was wounded in the attacks. Two of the shootings were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta & the other happened about 30 miles away in Cherokee County to the northwest of the city. Suspect in the Cherokee County shootings was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta, around 8:30 pm, about 3 1/2 hours after the killings. Cherokee County Sheriff's Office identified him as Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock. Atlanta police said they responded to a robbery call at the Gold Massage Spa on Piedmont Road in Atlanta and found three people dead. While there, police received another call of shots fired directly across the street at the Aroma Therapy Spa, where they found one person dead, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said.

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