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Suspect charged with murder after eight people were killed in Atlanta-area shootings

Robert Aaron Long, the 21-year-old suspect in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault, according to a news release from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

Roula AbiSamra, center, and Chelsey (last name withheld), right, prepare to lay flowers bouquets at a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa near Atlanta Wednesday. Police in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County say they've begun extra patrols in and around Asian businesses there following the shooting at three massage spas in the area that killed eight.
Roula AbiSamra, center, and Chelsey (last name withheld), right, prepare to lay flowers bouquets at a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa near Atlanta Wednesday. Police in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County say they've begun extra patrols in and around Asian businesses there following the shooting at three massage spas in the area that killed eight.Read moreAlyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com