Eight shot dead at three Atlanta-area spas including two that were across the street from each other as cops arrest suspect

AT least eight people were killed in shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday – before cops swooped on a suspect and arrested him.

The first shooting was at a Cherokee County massage parlor about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta while the other two were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta.

Cherokee County Sheriff's spokesperson Howard J Baker said cops arrested a suspect, The New York Times reported.

Law enforcement officials are investigating whether a shooting at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth is linked to the shootings at the two spas that were close to each other.

“Many have asked whether these shootings are related to Cherokee County’s shootings,” Atlanta Police Department spokesman Sgt John Chafee said in an email to The Times.

“At the moment, it is too early to confirm that, but we have spoken with Cherokee County officials and we are looking into that possibility.”

Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, which is roughly 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, CNN reported.

Deputies found five people with gunshot wounds.

Two victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

Three other people were taken to a hospital and one of them died at the facility. 

Their medical conditions were not immediately known.

The motive of and details of the shooting were not immediately clear, Baker told WXIA-TV.

Law enforcement officials were on a hunt for a suspect driving a dark-colored SUV.

The sheriff's office shared surveillance photographs on Facebook and asked for the public's help in identifying a man by a vehicle.

Anyone with information on the suspect or the vehicle was asked to call 911.

Separately, Atlanta police responded to a call of a robbery at Gold Massage Spa on Piedmont Road.

Arriving cops found three people dead at the scene.

Simultaneously, cops responded to Aroma Therapy across the street and found one person dead, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said.

The four victims were female and believed to be Asian, according to Bryant.

Authorities did not disclose whether the victims were spa workers or customers.

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