DHS employee stabbed to death while walking dog in ‘completely random’ attack

WorldPolitics
16 Apr 2026 • 1:02 AM MYT
The Independent
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DHS employee stabbed to death while walking dog in ‘completely random’ attack

  • Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, has been arrested in Georgia following a "completely random" crime spree that left two people dead and one critically injured in DeKalb County.
  • The victims include Lauren Bullis, a 40-year-old Department of Homeland Security auditor who was shot and stabbed, an unidentified woman fatally shot outside a restaurant, and a man critically injured outside a grocery store.
  • Police tracked Abel's rented Volkswagen Jetta using license plate recognition technology, leading to his arrest in Troup County.
  • Abel faces multiple charges, including murder, aggravated assault, and weapons violations, and waived his first court appearance.
  • Investigators noted Abel, a naturalized US citizen from the UK, had a prior 2015 sexual battery conviction and was on probation, which included a mental health evaluation mandate, at the time of the attacks.

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