Georgia officer appears to say it was a 'bad day' for Atlanta shooter – video

A Georgia sheriff's captain was criticised for appearing to characterise the actions of the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta as him having had 'a really bad day'.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, was charged with killing eight people in Atlanta, six of them women of Asian descent, on Wednesday.

Atlanta police said Long had declared Tuesday's attack was not racially motivated. He claimed to have a 'sex addiction' and authorities have said he apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of 'temptation'

• Georgia officer condemned for saying Atlanta shooter was 'having a bad day'