Editing Robert Aaron Long (section)

===The shooting===
Authorities responded to reports made at around 5:00 p.m. EDT (21:00 UTC) of a shooting at Young's Asian Massage, a massage parlor near Acworth. There, they found two people fatally shot and three others wounded; two of the wounded later died at a hospital. At 5:47 p.m., police responded to reports of a robbery at Gold Spa on Piedmont Road in northeast Atlanta, about 30 miles (48 km) from the first shooting scene. There, they found three women dead from gunshot wounds. Soon afterwards, they discovered another woman shot and killed at Aromatherapy Spa, located across the street.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-happened-atlanta-shooting/2021/03/18/163e4de8-8733-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html A nationwide horror: Witnesses, police paint a picture of a murderous rampage that took 8 lives], ''The Washington Post''</ref>

According to ''The Chosun Ilbo'', an eyewitness to the Gold Spa shooting told local Korean media that the shooter said that he would kill all Asians.<ref>[https://www.chosun.com/international/us/2021/03/17/XSDXYLMAQZCC5JWMQ4HGRZGOG4/ Atlanta shooter told me "I'm going to kill all Asians"], ''The Chosun Ilbo''</ref>

According to the Atlanta Police Department, they noticed the similarities between the Piedmont Road and Acworth shootings and subsequently dispatched officers to patrol similar businesses in the area. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist in the investigation.