What we know about the Atlanta shootings that left 8 dead at Asian businesses

Eight people were killed in shootings at three businesses in the Atlanta area on Tuesday. Six of the eight victims were Asian women, authorities say.

The attacks began at around 5 pm Tuesday afternoon. Atlanta police officers first responded to a crime scene at Young’s Asian Massage, where four people were killed, in Cherokee County, just north of Atlanta. The victims were Delaina Ashley Yuan, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Yan, and Daoyou Feng. A fifth person, Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

About 45 minutes later, four more people were killed at two other businesses — Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa — just across the street from each other. While the names of the victims have not yet been released, all four of them were of Korean descent, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry officials said in a statement, though their nationalities have yet to be verified.