Eight people were killed and several others injured in a gunshot at three massage parlors in the Atlanta metro area in the US state of Georgia. Authorities said most of the victims were Asian.
In the evening (local time), a 21-year-old suspect was arrested regarding 240 kilometers south of Atlanta. Four people were killed and two others injured in Cherokee County in the followingnoon, officials said. Shortly therefollowing, shots were fired in two salons across the street in Atlanta. There were four more dead.
Deeds call for several deaths and are probably related
In Atlanta, the police were called following a robbery at a wellness facility – and discovered three people dead at the scene. Another body was found not far away at an aromatherapy spa, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said. Motives are not known. The four victims are female and appear to be of Asian descent.
Police said the man in custody was “very likely” responsible for all three incidents, CNN reported. Videos would prove that. However, work is still in progress to confirm that all three cases are linked, the broadcaster NBC News reported. Initially, it was said that there was no evidence that the incidents were related.