2021 Atlanta spa shootings
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On March 16, 2021, a shooting spree occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Eight people were killed and one other person was wounded.
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.jpg) Young's Asian Massage parlor (second from right), where the first shooting took place (pictured 2018) | |
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| Location | Atlanta and unincorporated Cherokee County, Georgia, United States |
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| Date | March 16, 2021 c. 4:50 p.m. EDT (20:50 UTC) |
| Target | Spas and massage parlors |
Attack type | Mass shooting, shooting spree |
| Weapons | 9mm semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Robert Aaron Long[1]
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| Sentence | Four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 35 years (Cherokee County) |
| Motive | Conflict between the perpetrator's sex addiction and his religious beliefs |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty in Cherokee County murders Fulton County trial pending |
| Convictions | Malice murder (x4), felony murder (x4), aggravated assault (x4), and 11 other convictions (Cherokee County) |
| Charges | Domestic terrorism, malice murder (x4), felony murder (x4), aggravated assault (x4), and 6 other related charges (Fulton County)[2] |
A suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was taken into custody later that day.[3] He told police he was motivated by a sexual addiction that was at odds with his Christianity, for which he had spent time in an evangelical treatment clinic, and that he had been targeting establishments where he had previously paid for sex. While six of the eight people killed were women of Asian descent, Long denied that their race had played any role in the killings.[4]
Long was charged with 19 crimes in Fulton County and 23 crimes in Cherokee County. He pleaded guilty to the Cherokee County charges and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.