so the first shooting that's known was in acworth, georgia, correct? >> right. yes, sir. >> that's where three people died, two on the scene and one at the hospital. you say that's about -- that's the young's asian massage, which we're showing video from, that's cherokee county. >> right. so cherokee county is about 47 minutes outside the city of atlanta. >> is it known approximately what time that shooting occurred? >> and that is the part that we're still working on, >> okay. >> when this originally happened, it looked like it was an accident on the highway. so police started shutting down some of the roadways around there and then all of a sudden the word came out there was several shootings that may be connected to this and as all eyes were focused on what happened with that shooting, it became clear something else was happening in the city of atlanta about two hours later. that's when this other busy area close to buckhead had these double shootings pretty quickly behind each other. >> and you said it a 47-minute ride from acworth to the other area. looking

okay >> reporter: police say the alleged gunman started at young's asian massage in acworth, georgia late tuesday, opening fire and killing four people, wounding another. this neighbor says a bullet flew straight through her wall >> like bam. i think oh, something happened >> reporter: as police were still handling the first shooting almost an hour later two more calls a pair of similar businesses in atlanta right across the street from each other. >> they shot up two spas here in zone two. so we need to make sure if we have any asian spas we need to be checking on them. >> reporter: in the end eight people were killed officials say six of them were asian women. >> still early but he does claim that it was not racially motivated. he apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction and it's a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate. >> reporter: the suspect was ultimately caught later that night, more than two hours south of where officials say he first opened fire. when authorities released this surveillance photo, his relatives immediately recognized the suspect and

left at least eight people dead(tx officials say that 4 people were killed at a massage parlour in acworthe state capital itself. police said the four atlanta victims were women and appeared to be asian. a suspect has been arrested — he's been named as 21—year old robert aaron long, who lives in cherokee county let's get the latest on this from peter bowes, our north america correspondent, who is in los angeles. what else do you have? well, this started in cherokee county which is just north of atlanta. and the police were called to a spa, to a massage parlour and they discovered five people that had been shot. two died at the scene and two died later in hospital and the fifth was injured. about an hour later the police were called to a suspected robbery in the city of atlanta at another massage parlour. there they found three people dead and they were told of a shooting across the road at yet another spa, another massage parlour where one person had been killed. a total of eight people have lost their lives and as you said, four of those, for women are believed to be asian. we understand

law enforcement officials say that 4 people were killed at a massage parlour in acworth, a suburb of the state capital itself. police said the four atlanta victims were women local media say the suspect is a 21 —year—old man, who has been taken into custody. this is what the local police enforcement officer has to say about the shootings. the suspect was identified as robert aaron long, 21 years old. lives in unincorporated cherokee county. he is currently in custody. we have been communicating with them. we understand they did a manoeuvre on him and took him into custody. as far as we know, without incident. so the suspect who we believe committed these crimes here today in cherokee county, is in custody in crisp county. and we certainly appreciate the media's assistance, the public�*s assistance, from crisp county and all the other law enforcement people that are here, helping with this incident. we are still gathering information. the suspect has been named as 21—year—old robert aaron long, who lives in cherokee county. he is now in custody in crisp county. stay with us on bbc new

reporter: at 5:00 p.m., tuesday night, cherokee county deputies were called to young's asian massage in acworth georgia, 30 miles north of atlanta. four people died at that location. about an hour later atlanta 911 dispatch referred two calls from spas across the street from each other. emergency calls where it took time, perhaps to cross language barriers to comprehend what exactly was happening. >> is it a male or female? >> they have a gun, you said? >> they found three asian women killed at the gold spa. ten minutes later, this call resulted in first responders finding one asian woman died there. >> some guy came in and took the gun, so everybody heard the gunshots, and some ladies got hurt. i think. everybody's scared, so they're hiding. >> reporter: when police released these surveillance images of him, they say the family of 21-year-old robert aaron long called authorities. investigators then tracked him via cell phone. 150 miles south of atlanta, state troopers intercepted him. investigators believe he was headed to florida to make similar attacks. whether or not this is called a hate c

four more at another spa, that someone in acworth, georgia. okay?apprehended tonight. the fbi is assisting the investigation. it's a really fast-developing story, and i'm going to bring you the very latest news when we get it throughout this show, so make sure you stay tuned. we're going continue on with that breaking news. >>> more breaking news to tell you as well. joe biden, the president saying he supports an old-fashioned talking filibuster, and he thinks republicans will have an epiphany between now and 2022. here's the president. >> you're on a mission, so you're not likely to get republican votes for the tax increase, not likely to get republican votes for hr-1, expanding voting rights or the john lewis voting rights act. so aren't you going to have to choose? i know you have been reluctant to do away with the filibuster. aren't you going to have to choose between the filibuster or advancing your agenda? >> you have to do with the filibuster what i used to do in the senate in the old days, you had to stand up and command the floor and you ha

he was working as a handyman at the acworth spa building shelves there on tuesday afternoon when the shooting took place. michels leaves behind his wife of more than 20 years. 49-year-old xiaojie tan was the owner of young's asian massage and at least one other spa in the area. she was a licensed massage therapist herself. she emigrated from china many years ago her friend told "usa today." tan, who went by emily, had a daughter who recently graduated from the university of georgia. the friend described her as, quote, the sweetest person you'd ever meet. the first 24 hours after the shootings the humanity of those victims was largely obscured while the shooter's was on full display. police portrayed him as a struggling sex addict having a, quote, bad day. >> he, apparently, has an issue. what he considers a sex addiction. and sees these locations as something that allows him to -- to go to these places and -- and it's a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate. he was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope. and yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is

yesterday at young's asian massage in acworth. four people were killed there. and about 45 minutes later, officers responded to gold spa in at least atlanta where they found three women killed. while officers were on that scene, shots were fired across the street at aromatherapy spa, found one woman killed there. police arrested 21-year-old robert aaron long following a manhunt yesterday evening charging him with eight counts of murder and a count of aggravated assault. this story you might recall breaking just as we got off the air last night and in the hours that followed many folks were watching this happen made the obvious connection between this tragedy and the horrifying in anti-asian hate crimes we have seen recently. stop aapi received reports of nearly 3,800 asian incidents. more than two thirds against asian women and that context hung over the news reports as they came out this morning and during the day and glaring as police held a press conference in atlanta this morning putting on frankly i have a say a strange performance sharing what the shooter

this was from a business adjacent to one of the spas in acworth northwest of atlanta.erwards shows police arriving at the scene. four people were killed at that location alone. in atlanta and across the country there's mounting outrage, of course, over the shooting rampage that took a total of eight lives, including those of six asian women. tonight people gathered to remember the victims and to call attention to the wave of violence targeting people of asian descent. today the president ordered u.s. flags on federal buildings lowered to half staff

yesterday about 30 miles north of here in acworth, georgia.at the gold spa. it was while police were at the gold spa behind me that they got the call for another shooting across the street here. yet another asian massage parlor. he was caught with the help of his own family. they had seen some surveillance video on social media. they contacted police. he was tracked by his cell phone. he was found about 150 miles south of here. he told police he was heading to florida to carry out more shootings. trace? >> trace: thanks, steve. breaking news at the white house. jen psaki giving a press briefing now on the surge of unaccompanied minors. let's listen. >> to prepare what has been an unprepared and dismantled system. it's going to take some time. our policy is that we're going to continue to make sure that we're working through our laws and the border is not open. but we also as you know have changed our policy to approach it in a more humane way and keep kids safe that requires putting in place more effective and efficient processing at the borde

this was from a business acworth, northwest of atlanta. it appears to show the moment the suspect entered the facility and then shortly afterwards shows police arriving at the scene. four people were killed at that location alone. in atlanta and across the country there's mounting outrage, of course, over the shooting rampage that took a total of eight lives, including those of six asian women. tonight people gathered to remember the victims and to call attention to the wave of violence targeting people of asian descent. today the president ordered u.s. flags on federal buildings lowered to half staff through sunset monday to mark the massacre. he and vice president harris will be in atlanta tomorrow to meet with leaders of the city's asian-american community. earlier today atlanta police insisted the investigation is far from over. >> we are not done. we're still working very diligently to ascertain all of the facts so we can have a successful prosecution. >> the investigation into a possible hate crime, is that still on the table? >> not

delegation wanted to see for themselves the route the suspect took from the first spa location in acworthlocation and the one across the street in atlanta. they said the drive was about 27 miles, took them 45 minutes with no traffic. they said the suspect definitely could have stopped after killing four people at the first spa, but making that trip to them underscored the idea that he sought out and targeted these locations. now, they came to lay flowers, pray, and pay respects at each of the locations, then met with some of the victims' families, including this family. they shared this photo with us and said the meeting was emotional. they expected it to be more like a business setting, but they said they were wrong. the lawmakers to them honestly appeared to be grieving with them. afterwards, the members of congress spoke to the media about their cgoals in supportin the asian-american community and preventing further violence like this. they also talked about how in their minds this is definitely a hate crime even though such charges have not been filed. >> these are the issues that we

>> we are at the cherokee county sheriff's in canton, georgia as you said not far from acworth wherene ever the spa shootings happened and talking about delaina yan one of the four victims from this location. she and her husband were there for massage. and mario gonzalez mere husband spoke to a spanish language newspaper and told them right after the incident he was detained by authorities sitting in the back of a patrol car for some time. it's not clear how long he was detained. but what he told the spanish language newspaper is that they had him in the back of a patrol car until the investigation led them to the suspect and to what happened until finally they gave him news that his wife had died. he told the newspaper when they found out he was delaina's husband they told him she was dead. but he wanted to know before. so it tounds like he was really looking for information about what happened to his wife. and that he had wished that that information was given to him sooner. in this interview that he gave it sounds like he was in a separate spa room from his wife and had heard the

the murders of four other people killed in acworth, georgia, are being investigated by cherokee countye increasing violence against asian americans as many in the bay area also on alert. ktvu elissa harrington tells us what measures are now being taken to prevent more attacks and what community leaders say still needs to happen. i'm one of those who are fed up. malcolm young, the executive director of the chinatown community development center, said he's fed up with violence against the asian american community. the deadly shootings at spas outside atlanta on lee add more pain and sadness to an issue, he said, has been impacting asian elders and businesses here in the bay area for years. i'm sorry to say this and it's with sadness, i say this but it's not new to this year. it's intensified. it's gotten worse. young is calling for more resource is dedicated to the asian american community. this includes victim services and holding people accountable who commit crimes. just this week, a 75 year old woman and an 83 year old man were attacked in downtown san francisco. police have increase

it started on tuesday night at a massage parlor in acworth, georgia, a suburb about 30 miles north of atlanta. five people were shot for fatally about one hour later, three women found dead of gunshot wounds at another massage parlor in atlanta and just across the street. another woman fatally shot at yet a different massage parlor later tuesday night, police arresting a 21 year old robert aaron, long, saying he is the sole suspect in all three shootings. he has. some some issues, potentially sexual addiction and may have frequent some of these places in the past, the south korean government has confirmed at least four of the victims were of korean descent and could possibly have been korean citizens hate crimes against asian americans are on the rise across the country, shooting up 150% in 2020, but it's still not clear what prompted the shootings on tuesday. like in america or anything, and i want to offer our deepest condolences for the families and friends. lucy died. investigation is now ramping up the fbi's on the scene, helping local and state law enforcement agencies determine

police a 21 year old robert long killed four people at young's asian massage and acworth immediately after authorities say long targeted to atlanta area spas and killed four more p people. it was very moving to be at all three places, and we think this has to be prosecuted as a hate crime. the members of congress also spent time talking to members of the asian pacific island community. the group also met with some family members of the victims from the spot shootings. i know that everybody is very, very shaken and. i am here today to mourn with you and to start to also take constructive steps reporting in atlanta. brooks honor fox news in davis, a yoga studio held a fundraiser today to help support the asian american community. and with the recent events, i think that, you know, we all have a sort of uncertainty or even, you know, anger in our body. i just feel like we should make an effort to together everyone to. uh to practice together and also for good cause, the owner of barefoot yoga, said she's donated 100% of the class fee to the support of the a p i community fund on their g

the first four victims were shot and killed in acworth, a suburb about 30 miles north of the city.ice then discovered four more victims at two different parlors in atlanta, just across the street from each other. most of the victims were asian women, leading to early speculation that it may have been a hate crime, but police say the lone suspect, 21 year old robert, long shows signs of. sexual addiction, and they believe he's visited the massage parlors in the past as a customer. is this a hate karan? we're still early in this investigation s o. we cannot make that determination. at this moment. officials also say they believe long was planning at least one more mass shooting. cooperation between multiple law enforcement agencies probably saved lives tuesday. a suspect was on his way to florida. i believe and perhaps to carry out additional shootings. this could have been a significantly. worse the fbi is now on the scene, assisting state and local law enforcement. the president and vice president have also been briefed, and they say all federal resource is will be available as the

here's what we know.the first shooting happened at about 5pm local time at young's asian massage in acworth were to die later. less than an hour later — police were called to a "robbery in progress" at gold spa in north—east atlanta. officers found three women who had been killed. next, police were called to the aromatherapy spa across the street where another woman had been shot dead. this woman heard some of the attack unfold. ijust heard numerous gunshots coming from across the street. they weren't letting us out, so from what we hear, there was, like, five girls shot. the valet is saying that they had a whole bunch of — no offence — but a whole bunch of asian girls kind of standing outside in line, beautiful women, and i'm just like, what exactly is going on here? this is what happened next. police studied cctv footage and then released images of a suspect near one of the spas. within hours they arrested this man — 21—year old — robert aaron long. by this point he was 240 kilometres out of atlanta. we're told he was heading to florida — police say he may have intended to carry out attac

i think about 30 miles north of atlanta and acworth, georgia.arlor, asian massage parlor with four people shot and killed, too asian women, died instantly. about 50 minutes later a second shooting reported here at golds spot behind me, three asian women killed and while police were there responding to was originally called in as a robbery, just across the street aromatherapy spa another shooting while police were there and they got the report, eighth person killed, asian woman shot and killed some three separate massage parlors yesterday. eight people killed, six asian women. the same suspect seen on surveillance video and in the same vehicle at all three locations identified as robert long, 21 years old from woodstock, georgia, suburb north of atlanta. after a manhunt police him on i-75 headed south about 150 miles south of here and executed up its maneuver and pushed his car from the back and rear, spun it around and he was taken in without incident. unclear at this point in the motive for the shooting, police were asked if it was a hate crime