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By Henri Hollis - The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionShaddi Abusaid - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Seven people are dead and at least two more are injured after a spate of shootings Tuesday at massage parlors around metro Atlanta.
In Cherokee County, a suspect is on the run after a shooting that left three people dead and two more injured at Young’s Asian Massage Parlor near Acworth, officials said.
Less than an hour later, four more people were killed in shootings at two separate massage parlors near one another on Piedmont Road, according to interim Atlanta police Chief Rodney Bryant. Piedmont Road is shut down in both directions by heavy police activity in the area.
Although no suspects have been captured in northeast Atlanta, there is no immediate danger to the public, Bryant told Channel 2 Action News.
Officials have not said whether they believe the incidents are connected, but the shootings took place at spas where a majority of the employees are Asian. Atlanta police said that all four victims on Piedmont Road appeared to be Asian women.
In Cherokee, Ga. 92 was temporarily shut down around 5 p.m. as officials investigated the shooting in the 6000 block near the intersection with Bells Ferry Road, according to the sheriff’s office.
By Henri Hollis - The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionShaddi Abusaid - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Seven people are dead and at least two more are injured after a spate of shootings Tuesday at massage parlors around metro Atlanta.
In Cherokee County, a suspect is on the run after a shooting that left three people dead and two more injured at Young’s Asian Massage Parlor near Acworth, officials said.
Less than an hour later, four more people were killed in shootings at two separate massage parlors near one another on Piedmont Road, according to interim Atlanta police Chief Rodney Bryant. Piedmont Road is shut down in both directions by heavy police activity in the area.
Although no suspects have been captured in northeast Atlanta, there is no immediate danger to the public, Bryant told Channel 2 Action News.
Officials have not said whether they believe the incidents are connected, but the shootings took place at spas where a majority of the employees are Asian. Atlanta police said that all four victims on Piedmont Road appeared to be Asian women.
In Cherokee, Ga. 92 was temporarily shut down around 5 p.m. as officials investigated the shooting in the 6000 block near the intersection with Bells Ferry Road, according to the sheriff’s office.
