Cops: After Fatally Shooting Passenger, He Went on a Spree

The man accused of a deadly pre-dawn shooting spree in metro Atlanta on Monday has been identified as a felon, convicted on both coasts. Authorities say 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel is charged with two counts of murder and other offenses after three separate attacks in DeKalb County that left two women dead and a man critically wounded, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Beginning just after midnight, Abel fatally shot a woman who'd exited his rented silver Volkswagen Jetta outside a Checkers restaurant, hitting her 14 times, according to an arrest warrant. Then, around 2am, police say the same Jetta was seen leaving a Kroger where a 49-year-old man, who'd been asleep near the business, was shot multiple times. He remains hospitalized.

Hours later, Abel was allegedly seen getting out of the Jetta to follow a woman who was walking her dog, before running back to the vehicle. Authorities say 40-year-old Lauren Bullis was fatally shot and stabbed. Her family says they are still searching for her missing dog. Abel—found with a bloody knife during a traffic stop in Troup County, per WSB and WANF—was on probation for a June sexual battery conviction in Savannah, Georgia, where multiple women reported being groped in a one-hour span, some while walking dogs. Police said he was then carrying a knife. He also has a 2024 felony conviction in San Diego County for assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer or firefighter and vandalism, court records show. He remains jailed after waiving a Tuesday court appearance.