A man has been arrested after eight people have been killed in shootings in southwest Georgia.

According to the Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant, three people were killed in a spa in North Atlanta, while the fourth one was killed at another spa.

Police say all four victims were women, and "it appears, they all may be Asian." 

All four women are said to have died from apparent gunshot wounds.

These incidents came after five people were shot at Young's Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, 30 miles away from the north of Atlanta. Two of the victims died on the spot while two of them died at the hospital, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Captain Jay Baker said.

Baker said a man named Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, had been taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.

The suspect was seen on surveillance cameras near the Massage parlor about 10 minutes before the shooting, he said.