A 21-year-old American claimed responsibility for the March 17 shootings that left eight dead, including six women of Asian descent. The murders took place in several spa towns near Atlanta, United States.
As reported by Jay Baker, Chief of Police, Robert Aaron Long, who was arrested the same day, “he appears to confirm that he was not motivated by racism” and in addition told authorities that he was suffering from “sexual addiction.” and that the salons were of massages “a temptation for him he wanted to eliminate”
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According to The New York Times, his rampant sexual behavior would have led him to rehabilitation and just when he was arrested he told police he was going to Florida to get a another attack to a pornographic company.
Parents of the same lung were those who contacted the police and helped identify it After surveillance videos were released showing the young man with a fair complexion, light brown hair and a long beard without a mustache, he boarded a vehicle near the crime scene in Acworth, Georgia.
The attacker has been described as an introverted person with a passion for it weaponsexcept that he is a very religious Christian.
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According to the media outlet ‘The Daily Beast’, Long had written in a post on his Instagram account, which has already been deleted, “pizza, guns, drums, music, family and God. This sums up my life pretty well. “
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A high school classmate of his, interviewed by the same store, described him as “a hunter.” In fact, Long appears in a photo circulating on social networks wearing a cap with the logo of the Matthews Archery arsenal, which specializes in crossbows.
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“He seemed very innocent and didn’t even say bad words. He was a bit ‘nerdy’ and generally not sociable. It didn’t seem violent from what I rememberexplained another young man who knew him.
Apparently Long was bad involved in the church where he lived with his family and was prohibited from having sex outside of marriage. In addition, it is known that he was baptized for a second time, a ceremony in which “he was saved,” according to what he himself confirmed in a Facebook video.
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On March 18, United States President Joe Biden referred to the unfortunate event and assured that violence against people of Asian descent very disturbing“I know Asian Americans are very concerned because, as you know, we have been talking about cruelty to Asian Americans for the past few months,” he said.
Likewise, former President Barack Obama called for an end to the violence in society.
Yesterday’s shootings are another tragic reminder that we have much more work to do to introduce gun safety common sense and eradicate the ubiquitous patterns of hatred and violence in our society.
– Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2021
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* With information from AFP