A British man has been arrested in the US state of Georgia over a fatal shooting spree that officials have described as an act of "pure evil". Two women were killed and a man was left in a critical condition.
The suspect, 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, is accused of shooting dead two women, including Lauren Bullis, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee. He is also suspected of the random shooting of a man who remains in a critical condition, as well as the murder of an unidentified woman outside a Checkers restaurant and the random shooting of a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger store in Brookhaven.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Bullis had been "brutally shot and stabbed to death" in an attack he described as "pure evil". He added that the acts had "devastated our department" and that his prayers were with the victims' families.
Brookhaven Police said Abel was taken into custody without incident in Troup County, southwest of Atlanta, following co-ordination with local detectives. They added that further investigation revealed Abel was also responsible for other shootings that occurred earlier in unincorporated DeKalb County.
Military records show Abel enlisted in the US Navy in 2020, last serving in a helicopter maritime strike squadron in Coronado, California. He received a navy commendation for superior performance but was arrested in 2024 and charged with assaulting two Coronado police officers and attacking another person. He was discharged from the navy that September.
