A timeline of events that left 8 dead in metro Atlanta

Rampage began near Acworth, moved south.

The shootings that killed eight people Tuesday were roughly 30 miles apart at t hree massage parlors i n Cherokee and Fulton counties. A suspect, 21- year- old Robert Aaron Long, was later captured about 150 miles south of Atlanta.

Here’s what happened, when:

4: 50 p. m.

A man investigators believe was Long pulled up to Youngs Asian Massage Parlor near Acworth in a dark- colored Hyundai SUV, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office. Surveillance cameras captured a man going into the business, located near the intersection of Bells Ferry Road and Ga. 92. Inside t he business, f ive people were shot, Capt. Jay Baker said. Four people were killed.

Cameras then captured the same man leaving the business.

On Wednesday, those killed were identified as Ashley Yaun, 33, of Acworth; Paul Andre Michels, 54, of Atlanta; Xiaojie Tan, 49, of Kennesaw; and Daoyou Feng, 44, whose address wasn’t immediately known. A fifth victim, Elcias Hernandez- Ortiz, 30, of Acworth, was in stable condition Wednesday.

5: 47 p. m.

About 30 miles away, Atlanta officers were called to a report of a robbery at The Gold Spa, located at 1916 Piedmont Road. Inside, officers found three women dead from gunshot wounds, according to Sgt. John Chafee. While investigating that incident, officers were told shots were fired across the street at the Aromatherapy Spa. There, investigators found another woman shot to death. At a press conference within two hours of the shootings, Interim Chief Rodney Bryant said Atlanta officers were working with Cherokee investigators to determine if the incidents were related. The names of the four women killed were not released Wednesday.

8 p. m.

Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds alerted law enforcement in central Georgia that the suspect was believed to be traveling south on I- 75. About 150 miles south of Atlanta, the 2007 black Hyundai Tucson was spotted by Crisp County sheriff ’s deputies and the Georgia State Patrol. State troopers performed a PIT maneuver to stop the SUV. ( The Precision Immobilization Technique, as it’s officially known, is an intentional wrecking of a car being chased; it is sometimes employed by authorities pursuing a suspect who won’t stop). Long was arrested and booked into the Crisp County Detention Center and later returned to Cherokee County.

ALYSSA POINTER/ ALYSSA. POINTER@ AJC. COM Atlanta police officers and detectives respond to a deadly shooting Tuesday at Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa, both located in the 1900 block of Piedmont Road NE in Atlanta.