China News Service, March 17 reported that on the 16th local time, 3 shooting incidents occurred in the Atlanta area of the United States, resulting in 8 deaths.
Currently, a suspect has been detained.
Atlanta area officials said that on the 17th local time, three shootings occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in a massage parlor and two spas. A total of eight people were shot dead.
According to reports, on the afternoon of the 16th local time, a shooting occurred at a massage parlor in Cherokee County, northwest of Atlanta, killing 4 people.
The suspect was detained on the evening of the 16th. He is a 21-year-old man. The motive for committing the crime is unclear.
Soon after, in the northeast of Atlanta, two more shooting incidents occurred in the spa, killing 4 people.
The Atlanta Police Chief stated that the four victims were all women and "it looks like they may be Asian."
At present, the authorities do not know whether these shooting incidents are related.