, 8 Dead in Atlanta-Area Spa Shootings, , Most of Them Asian Women .<br />Seven women and one man were killed <br />in shootings at three massage parlors <br />across Atlanta and Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday.<br />Six of the eight victims were <br />women of Asian descent.<br />Police arrested gunman Robert Aaron Long,<br />who claimed he viewed the spas as <br />“a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate.”.<br />The attack comes as nearly 3,800 hate incidents <br />were reported against Asian-Americans and Pacific <br />Islanders in the U.S. over the last year.<br />Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms held a <br />press conference on Wednesday to address the <br />shootings and the potential racial motivation.<br />It is unacceptable, it is <br />hateful and it has to stop, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, <br />via press conference
