The man who was accused of killing eight people in an Atlanta spa has pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and has been sentenced to a life sentence without parole.

US: Robert Aaron Long, Atlanta spa shooter, sentenced to life imprisonment for four counts of murder

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty and file hate crime charges against the man accused of shooting dead eight people, including six women of Asian origin, in attacks on three spas in the southern US state of Georgia.

Death penalty, hate crime charges sought in Georgia spa shootings

'It needs to stop': Atlanta residents protest after eight killed in spa shootings

The 21-year-old suspect, Robert Aaron Long, held for Atlanta shootings — which killed eight people, of which six women were Asian-Americans. On Wednesday, the Cherokee County Sheriff Captain Jay Baker revealed that the suspect's parents came forward and helped the police catch their son.

Parents of Atlanta shooter handed over GPS to police to track him

The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

Sex addiction, not racial hatred, may have driven suspect in Georgia spa shootings