No early indication of racial motive in Atlanta-area spa shootings, authorities say
The Peninsula
ATLANTA - The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta on Tuesday indicated he had issues and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Officials said that suspect Robert Aaron Long, 21, appeared to have frequented the spas where the violence occurred or similar ones, and that he had been headed to Florida afterward, perhaps to carry out further shootings. Six of the eight victims were women of Asian descent. While preliminary investigations appeared to suggest the suspect was not motivated by racial hatred, officials said it was still too early to know with certainty.More Related News