The suspect in a series of random attacks in Georgia is a citizen from the UK: DHS
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The suspect in a series of attacks in DeKalb County, Georgia, is also a US citizen from the UK, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Olalukitan Adon Abel, 26, was arrested on Monday after killing two people and injuring another in what police described as a series of unprovoked attacks in the Peach State.
Abel faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault and a weapons charge in connection with the attack, which DHS said includes the killing of an agency worker.
DHS told Fox News that Abel is a UK national born to a US citizen in 2022 during the Biden administration.
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Olalukitan Adon Abel, 26, is facing two counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons. (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
One of the victims, Lauren Bullis, 40, worked in the DHS Office of Inspector General, the agency confirmed to Fox News.
He was found dead after being shot and stabbed while walking his dog on Battle Forest Drive. Witnesses reported to DeKalb Police that they saw a man standing over her before he fled the scene.
“Yesterday, DHS employee, Lauren Bullis, was brutally shot and killed by Olalukitan Adon Abel, 26, who was born in the United Kingdom, and who was born into the Biden Administration in 2022,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday in a statement sent to Fox News. “Since President Trump took office, USCIS has implemented measures to ensure that people with criminal records and bad character are denied citizenship.”
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Lauren Bullis, 40, is one of those who died in the alleged attack in DeKalb County, Georgia. (Facebook/Lauren Bullis)
Before Bullis was killed, police found a woman shot multiple times outside Checkers Road on Wesley Chapel Road. He later died from his injuries.
Then in Brookhaven, a homeless man was attacked and shot several times as he slept outside a shopping center on Peachtree Road. You are in critical condition.
Adel was later taken into custody in Troup County after law enforcement used license plate cameras to track his silver Volkswagen Jetta, police said.
His previous criminal history reportedly includes a recent arrest sexual battery in Chatham County. He was sentenced to jail time and probation, which included the requirement of a mental health evaluation.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said a DHS employee was “brutally” shot and killed by Olalukitan Adon Abel. (Photo by Manuel Balce CenetaAP)
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“He has a prior criminal record that includes convictions for sex offenses, battery on a police officer, obstruction, assault with a dangerous weapon, vandalism and is now accused of killing DHS employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she was walking her dog,” Mullin said in his statement. “He was also arrested for murdering an unidentified woman who allegedly shot him outside Checkers, before shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven.”
“These acts of pure evil have destroyed our Department and my prayers are with the families of the deceased,” added the secretary.
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
