Navy Veteran Charged in Atlanta Area Attacks

A 26-year-old U.S. Navy veteran born in the United Kingdom carried out a series of early morning attacks Monday in the Atlanta area, killing two women and critically injuring a man, authorities said. The suspect, Olaolukitan Adon Abel, who became a U.S. citizen in 2022 while serving in the military, faces state murder charges and federal firearms violations stemming from the violence.

The attacks began shortly after midnight, following an argument at Abel's shared home in Panthersville, a suburb southeast of Atlanta. Roommates described a heated dispute between Abel and another resident over the house's air conditioning, which Abel reportedly kept extremely cold. "He kept the house freezing," said Angela Britton, one of the roommates. "It's not the first time they got into it about the AC. But that time was a real big argument."

Tensions in the home had been building for weeks, according to Lakisha McKinzie, another roommate. She said she had feared Abel since he inappropriately touched her last month after she rejected a date invitation. McKinzie recounted that he often knocked on her door late at night, which she ignored, and that she repeatedly complained to the landlord...