Georgia massage parlor shootings leave eight dead: Details

Atlanta police officers responding to a call of a robbery in progress at one spa around 5:50 pm (local time) found three women dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

While they were at that scene, they learned of a call reporting shots fired at another spa across the street and found a woman who appeared to have been shot dead inside the business.

"Earlier, around 5 pm, five people were shot at Young's Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, Georgia, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta," Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said.

"Two of the victims were dead and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died," Baker added.

"A man suspected in Acworth shooting was captured by surveillance video pulling up to the business around 4:50 pm on Tuesday, minutes before the shooting," authorities said.

Baker said, "The suspect, Robert Aaron Long (21), of Woodstock, was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta."

Baker said that they believe Long is also the suspect in the Atlanta shootings.