A timeline shows how the Atlanta-area spa shootings that left 8 people dead unfolded

Michelle MarkMar 17, 2021, 23:22 IST

A make-shift memorial is seen outside a business where a multiple fatal shooting occurred on Tuesday, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Acworth, Ga.Associated Press/Mike Stewart

A gunman shot eight people to death at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday, police said.
The suspect was arrested and identified as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long.
Six of the victims were Asian women, though police said it's too early to tell if race was a factor.

4:55 p.m. - The Cherokee County Sheriff's office received a call for help at Young's Asian Massage. When deputies arrived, they found multiple gunshot victims in the spa.

Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. Associated Press/Mike Stewart

4:55 p.m. - The Cherokee County Sheriff's office received a call for help at Young's Asian Massage. When deputies arrived, they found multiple gunshot victims in the spa.

5:47 p.m. - Atlanta police were alerted to a robbery at Gold Spa. When officers arrived, they found three women who had been shot dead.

Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Associated Press/Brynn Anderson

While officers were investigating the shooting, they received a call reporting shots fired at another massage parlor just across the street.

Officials stand in front of a massage parlor after a shooting, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Associated Press/Brynn Anderson

6:37 p.m. Deputies identified a potential shooting suspect using surveillance footage, and shared the images online.

The suspect in an Atlanta-area spa shooting is seen in surveillance footage. Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

8 p.m. - Thanks to Long's parents, authorities tracked his phone, coordinated with Georgia State Patrol, and intercepted Long on the I-75 highway.

Atlanta Police vehicules are seen outside a massage parlor where a person was shot and killed on March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

Long had been en route to Florida, where he intended to carry out similar attacks, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a press conference on March 17, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Megan Varner/Getty Images

Authorities arrested Long and booked him into the Crisp County Detention Center.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, is pictured after being arrested Tuesday night in connection to three shootings at massage parlors in Georgia. Crisp County Sheriff's Office via Reuters

Long told investigators he had frequented the massage parlors in the past and had a sex addiction.

People with the medical examiner's office wheel out a body on a stretcher from a massage parlor where three people were shot and killed on March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

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A timeline shows how the Atlanta-area spa shootings that left 8 people dead unfolded

4:55 p.m. - The Cherokee County Sheriff's office received a call for help at Young's Asian Massage. When deputies arrived, they found multiple gunshot victims in the spa.

5:47 p.m. - Atlanta police were alerted to a robbery at Gold Spa. When officers arrived, they found three women who had been shot dead.

While officers were investigating the shooting, they received a call reporting shots fired at another massage parlor just across the street.

6:37 p.m. Deputies identified a potential shooting suspect using surveillance footage, and shared the images online.

8 p.m. - Thanks to Long's parents, authorities tracked his phone, coordinated with Georgia State Patrol, and intercepted Long on the I-75 highway.

Long had been en route to Florida, where he intended to carry out similar attacks, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.

Authorities arrested Long and booked him into the Crisp County Detention Center.

Long told investigators he had frequented the massage parlors in the past and had a sex addiction.