8 dead in 3 shootings at Atlanta-area spas

Gold Spa in Atlanta.
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Eight people were killed on Tuesday in three separate shootings at spas in the metro Atlanta area.

A suspect in one of the shootings, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, is in custody, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said. That shooting occurred at Young's Asian Massage Parlor near Acworth, and left four people dead and one injured. Police said Long was arrested in Crisp County, 150 miles south of Atlanta.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.