8 Dead After Shootings at 3 Massage Parlors in Georgia, Man Captured

8 Dead After Shootings at 3 Massage Parlors in Georgia, Man Captured
Officials stand in front of a massage parlor after a shooting on Tuesday, in Atlanta, March 16, 2021. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo
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ATLANTA, Georgia—Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt.

Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed at a spa in northeast Atlanta, while a fourth person was killed at another spa across the street. He said all four victims were female, and “It appears that they may be Asian.”