Eight people have been shot dead in three incidents in Atlanta and police has arrested a young man

Police say many of the women killed in the shootings were Asian.

The first incident happened at around 6pm, at the Gold Spa.

When police arrived, they found three women who died from their wounds and received a second call from the Aromatherapy Spa across the street.

They responded immediately to find a woman had also been gunned down.

The road was closed down with heavy police in the area, but authorities said there was no immediate danger to the public.

The spa shootings came hours after three people were killed at the massage parlour in Cherokee County.