Overview
- Prosecutors filed federal firearms charges Friday against Olaolukitan Adon Abel and Damon Marquis Yarns, who investigators say bought the 9mm pistol for him using a false statement on a purchase form.
- Police say three attacks early Monday across Decatur, Brookhaven, and Panthersville left Prianna Weathers and DHS employee Lauren Bullis dead and a 49-year-old homeless man in critical condition.
- Investigators traced a silver Volkswagen Jetta seen at the first scene, stopped Abel hours later in Troup County, and recovered ammunition matching shell casings found near Bullis, with a loaded 9mm and casings located at that scene.
- Records show Abel enlisted in the Navy in 2020 and became a U.S. citizen in 2022, with a 2024 guilty plea in California for assault; online files list a similar name pleading to misdemeanor sexual battery in Georgia, and it remains unclear what, if anything, predated his naturalization.
- Roommates told the Associated Press that Abel left their shared house after a heated dispute late Sunday, and authorities say the motive for Monday’s attacks remains unknown as local, state, and federal agencies continue the case.