US: Suspect charged with 8 murders in Atlanta
20 March 2021 |
7:22 am
The shooter was charged with eight murders after he launched attack on spas in Atlanta, targeting victims of mostly Asian descent. He has denied being racially motivated, and claimed to have a "sex addiction."
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