Robert Aaron Long, 21, may have ‘sex addiction,’ authorities said
Atlanta massage parlor shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long took “full responsibility” for the string of Tuesday night attacks that left eight people dead and another person injured, authorities said Wednesday.
Police officials said the events were not believed to have been racially motivated, and Long instead allegedly opened fire because he saw the locations as “an outlet for him” to succumb to purported sex-addiction temptations, police and officials said during a news conference.
Long, 21, was allegedly on his way to Florida at the time of his Tuesday night arrest and indicated he was potentially going “to carry out additional shootings,” Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at the news conference.
Officials stressed that the investigation is ongoing, with authorities not making an official determination as to the motive of the attacks at this time. They said the suspect may have a “sexual addiction” and it was too early in the investigation to say whether they were dealing with a hate crime.
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