A federal employee for the Department of Homeland Security was killed in Georgia this week by a naturalized U.S. citizen from the United Kingdom, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Wednesday.
Lauren Bullis, 40, worked for the DHS Office of Inspector General prior to her death on Monday. The alleged killer, 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, was naturalized in 2022.
“He possesses a prior criminal record that includes convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and now stands accused of murdering [DHS] employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she walked her dog,” Mullin said on X.
Bullis was found dead in DeKalb County, Georgia. The suspect was reportedly seen standing over her body before he fled the scene. She wasn’t the only victim, however, Mullin said.
“He has also been arrested for the murder of an unidentified woman whom he reportedly shot outside a Checkers, before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven,” the new DHS chief added.
The second woman was killed, but the third individual suffered critical injuries.
After what authorities called a spree of random shootings, Adon Abel was arrested on two counts of murder and other state charges. He was taken into custody in Troup County. Investigators have not identified a motive for the shooting spree.
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Adon Abel pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of sexual battery for multiple groping incidents in Savannah last April, court records indicate. He was then sentenced to jail time and put on probation. He was required to participate in a “psychosexual social evaluation” as part of the four-year sentence. The probation could have been terminated after one year if the defendant met the court-mandated conditions.
DHS said it will cooperate with the investigation into the killing of its employee but declined to provide further comment on the suspect or the nature of the case.