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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sarah Brumfield and R.j. Rico

Homeland Security worker and another woman are killed in a series of Atlanta-area attacks

Georgia Shootings - (Sunisa Kim Kipe)

An Atlanta man has been charged in a string of attacks over a matter of hours that left two women dead and a man in critical condition, drawing the Trump administration's attention after one of the victims was identified as a Department of Homeland Security employee who was walking her dog.

The killing of the DHS worker, Lauren Bullis, and shootings of the two other victims on Monday led Homeland Secretary Markwayne Mullin to issue a statement raising concerns that the 26-year-old defendant, U.K.-native Olaolukitan Adon Abel, was granted U.S. citizenship in 2022, when Democrat Joe Biden was president.

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