Suspect in series of random attacks in Georgia is naturalized citizen from UK: DHS

The suspect in a series of attacks in Georgia’s DeKalb County is a habitual offender and naturalized U.S. citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was arrested Monday after killing two people and wounding another in what police described as a series of random attacks in the Peach State.

Abel faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges in connection with the attacks, which DHS said included the killing of an employee of the agency.

DHS told Fox News that Abel is a U.K. citizen and was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2022 during the Biden administration.

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The agency confirmed to Fox News that one of the victims, 40-year-old Lauren Bullis, worked for the DHS Office of Inspector General.

He was found dead after being shot and stabbed while walking his dog on Battle Forest Drive. Witnesses told DeKalb Police they saw a man standing next to her before fleeing the scene.

“Yesterday, DHS employee Lauren Bullis was brutally shot and stabbed to death by Adon Abel, a 26-year-old Olaolukitan who was born in the United Kingdom and naturalized by the Biden Administration in 2022,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday. he said. “Since President Trump took office, USCIS has implemented measures to ensure that individuals with criminal histories and lack of good moral character are unable to obtain citizenship.”

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Lauren Bullis, 40, was one of the victims in a string of alleged attacks in DeKalb County, Georgia. (Facebook/Lauren Bullis)

Before Bullis was killed, police discovered a woman had been shot multiple times outside Checkers on Wesley Chapel Road. He later died from his injuries.

Later, in Brookhaven, a homeless man was ambushed and shot several times while sleeping outside a shopping center on Peachtree Road. His condition remains critical.

Adel was later taken into custody in Troup County after law enforcement used license plate recognition cameras to track his silver Volkswagen Jetta, police said.

His previous criminal history reportedly includes an arrest last fall. sexual battery in Chatham County. He was sentenced to prison and probation, which included the requirement of a mental health evaluation.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said a DHS employee was “brutally” shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel. (Manuel Balce CenetaAP Photo)

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“He has a criminal record that includes convictions for sexual battery, battery on a police officer, obstruction and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism, and is now accused of shooting and stabbing DHS employee Lauren Bullis to death while she was walking her dog,” Mullin said in his statement. he said. “He was also arrested for the murder of an unidentified woman whom he shot in front of Checkers before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven.”

“These acts of pure evil have devastated our Ministry and my prayers are with the families of the victims,” the secretary added.

Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.