The local authorities and the F.B.I., are investigating the shootings, in which eight people were killed, including six Asians.
A string of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday evening has put Asian communities across the United States on high alert and prompted law enforcement officials to increase patrols. At least eight people were killed and another person was injured when a man opened fire in three separate massage businesses in a suburb northwest of Atlanta and in the northeastern part of the city. A suspect was arrested about 150 miles south of Atlanta within hours of the shootings. Here is what we know about the shootings. Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, the first shooting was reported at Young’s Asian Massage near Acworth, a suburb northwest of Atlanta, said Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. Four people died and a fifth person, a Hispanic man, was injured. His condition is not yet known. At 5:47 p.m., the Atlanta police responded to a report of a robbery at Gold Spa in the northeastern part of the city. The authorities found the bodies of three women with gunshot wounds. While they were at the scene, officers received a report of shots fired at the Aromatherapy Spa across the street, where they found the body of another woman. Around 6:30 p.
