A Department of Homeland Security employee was among three people attacked in a bloody rampage in DeKalb County, Georgia, on Tuesday, allegedly carried out by a man who had been granted U.
S. citizenship just two years ago under the Biden administration.
As reported by The Western Journal, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin disclosed in a post on X that federal officials confirmed the suspect, 35-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, had been naturalized in 2022, raising immediate questions about the Biden administrations immigration and vetting policies. According to DHS, Abel is originally from the United Kingdom, and the agency has acknowledged that he became a U.S. citizen after passing through the current systems background checks.
According to WSB-TV, the violence began early Tuesday at several locations across DeKalb County, where two women were killed and a homeless man was shot multiple times. One of the victims was 40-year-old Lauren Bullis, a DHS employee who worked in the departments Office of the Inspector General and was attacked while walking her dog.
Investigators said Abel first shot and killed a woman outside a Checkers restaurant before allegedly turning on Bullis in a brutal assault. Authorities reported that Bullis was brutally shot and stabbed to death, as DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin later stated, underscoring the savagery of the attack.
Police further alleged that Abel then went on to shoot a homeless man several times outside a shopping center, leaving a trail of carnage that stunned local residents and federal officials alike. Abel now faces two counts of murder, along with aggravated assault and weapons charges, as prosecutors prepare what is likely to be a high-profile case.
DHS confirmed that Abel had a disturbing criminal history long before the killings, including convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer, and assault with a deadly weapon. Those revelations have intensified criticism of the Biden administrations approach to naturalization and public safety, particularly from conservatives who have long warned about lax enforcement and inadequate screening.
In his statement, Mullin stressed both the suspects background and the failure of the system that approved his citizenship, noting that Bullis was brutally shot and stabbed to death by a man who had been naturalized in 2022. He added that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has now moved to strengthen vetting standards, including efforts to ensure that individuals with criminal histories do not qualify for citizenship, a step many argue should have been the standard from the outset.
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