World News | Shooting Suspect Charged with Murder, Assault

Atlanta, Mar 17 (AP) The suspect in the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlours that killed eight has been charged with murder and assault.

Authorities in Cherokee County say 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long was charged with four counts of murder and one count of assault in the shooting at a massage parlour there.

The other victims were killed at two massage parlors in Atlanta.

Officials said they're still investigating whether the Georgia killings were hate crimes amid concerns over a wave of attacks on Asian Americans. Six of the victims were Asian and seven were women. Authorities said the the man accused in the shootings told police his act wasn't racially motivated and that he potentially had a “sex addiction.” (AP)

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