At least eight people were killed in a series of mass shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday evening, according to local reports.
A suspected gunman in one of the shootings, Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, GA, was captured Tuesday night about 150 miles south of Atlanta,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Authorities believe Long opened fire on five people shortly before 5 p.m. in Young’s Asian Massage Parlor near Acworth in Georgia’s Cherokee County, the newspaper said. Four of the victims of that shooting died, according to the report.
Less than an hour later, four more people were killed in shootings at two other massage parlors on Piedmont Road in Atlanta, law enforcement officials told the newspaper.