Video evidence suggests "it is extremely likely" that the same person was responsible for the three deadly shootings at massage parlors in the metro Atlanta area, police said Tuesday.
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News is still breaking.
Apparently, the shootings occurred at spas.
Too early to tell motivations or who is behind it.
Maybe its the first skirmish in the battle for control of Atlanta's Massage Parlor rackets?
Anytime you have something of questionable legality, racketeers will battle each other for control of it, and they "go to the mattresses".
The fact that the victims here are Orientals just means that those are the folks engaged in this particular racket. Other "legit" businesses might have mostly Sicilian, Russian, El Salvadorian or other ethnicities involved. Its certainly a clue as to who is being elbowed out of the "happy ending" scams, but it doesn't indicate "racism" or "anti-oriental bigotry" in my view.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Yakuza, the Oriental Mafia, were to launch an attack against those who they suspect were behind this attack in retaliation.