fygjam Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Live breaking news: Man in custody after shooting rampage kills eight At least eight people have been killed in three separate shootings at massage parlors in the US after a gunman went on a deadly rampage. At least eight people have been killed in three separate shootings in the US after a gunman went on a deadly rampage. Robert Aaron Long, 21, has been taken into custody as a suspect after a gunman opened fire on three separate massage parlors in Georgia. At least eight people have been killed in three separate shootings in the US after a gunman went on a deadly rampage. A man entered three massage parlors in Georgia and opened fire. Eight people died and at least one person was injured in the attacks. Robert Aaron Long, 21, was arrested in Crisp County, north of Atlanta, about three hours after the killings took place, local media reported. Cherokee County sheriff’s Captain Jay Baker said authorities believe Long is the suspect in all three shootings. The first shooting took place at around 5pm (local time), where five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth. Two of the victims were found dead at the scene and three were transported to hospital. Two of those victims later died from their injuries. Almost an hour later, about 50km away, police were called to another shooting at Gold Spa in northeast Atlanta, where officers found three women dead with gunshot wounds. A fourth woman was found dead at Aromatherapy Spa across the street. The motives behind the violent rampage are still unclear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Lots of anti-Asian sentiment in the US right now. Just watched a segment about it on PBS news. Edited March 17, 2021 by lazarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Was watching that on CNN, but with the volume down because nephew called. When I saw the full report, I was like” either a mafioso putting the competition out of business, or someone overpaid for a HJ” Wonder what the actual reason is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 46 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: Was watching that on CNN, but with the volume down because nephew called. When I saw the full report, I was like” either a mafioso putting the competition out of business, or someone overpaid for a HJ” Wonder what the actual reason is Suspected White Supremacist ID’ed After Deadly Shooting Spree At Asian Massage Parlor, Spas Near Atlanta Robert Aaron Long was arrested after at least eight people were killed in shootings at three locations. A suspected white supremacist was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly going on a deadly shooting spree at an Asian massage parlor and two spas in the metro Atlanta area Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least eight people dead, including six Asian women. The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long. https://newsone.com/4106718/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-asian-spa-suspect/ There's more in the linked story, I didn't post it all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 @fygjam Thanks......wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 6 hours ago, fygjam said: https://newsone.com/4106718/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-asian-spa-suspect/ I quote: "The Washington Post reported about a year ago that Trump’s racist labeling of COVID-19 as “the China virus” could lead to violence." I sincerely hope that the British variant can henceforth be referred to as the B.1.1.7 variant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, Bazle said: I sincerely hope that the British variant can henceforth be referred to as the B.1.1.7 variant! To late. Been there, done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappo Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 so was this guy pissed off with asians or unhappy with his massage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Penevil Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Golfingboy said: Was watching that on CNN, but with the volume down because nephew called. When I saw the full report, I was like” either a mafioso putting the competition out of business, or someone overpaid for a HJ” Wonder what the actual reason is 6 hours ago, Chappo said: so was this guy pissed off with asians or unhappy with his massage? An update (LINK to full article): Atlanta massage parlor shootings: Suspect charged with murder, claims ‘sexual addiction,’ denies racial motive, police say Excerpts from the article: "A white gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors claimed to have a “sex addiction” and apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of temptation, officials said Wednesday. "The bloodshed immediately raised fears of another hate crime against Asian Americans. But Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police the attack was not racially motivated, and police said it appeared it may not have been. Six of the victims were identified as Asian and seven were women." ... It was not clear if Long ever went to the parlors where the shootings occurred; one official said he had while another indicated he may have only visited businesses like them. Authorities also said he was planning to go to Florida in a plot to attack “some type of porn industry.” “He apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places, and it’s a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate,” Cherokee County Sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Jay Baker told reporters. ... Sheriff Frank Reynolds said it was too early to tell if the attack was racially motivated — “but the indicators right now are it may not be.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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