Georgia Navy vet had argument with roommate before shooting spree that left two dead
A US Navy veteran accused of killing two people and critically injuring another in a series of attacks in the Atlanta area had, shortly before the shootings, stormed out of his communal house after getting into an intense argument over the air conditioning in the home, according to his roommates.Authorities have not offered a potential motive for Monday morning’s attacks.Among the victims was an auditor for the Department of Homeland Security who was walking her dog near the suspect’s home.The suspect in the shootings, Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old UK native, is charged in state court in DeKalb County with two counts of malice murder, aggravated assault and firearms counts.He also is facing a federal firearms charge, along with another man who is accused of buying the gun used in the shootings for him, prosecutors announced Friday.Adon Abel lived with six others in separate units of a home listed on PadSplit, a platform offering low-cost shared housing.
He was granted US citizenship in 2022 while serving in the Navy and stationed in the San Diego area.Three roommates told The Associated Press that Adon Abel and a male roommate were screaming at each other late Sunday night over how cold Adon Abel kept the house in Panthersville, a suburb southeast of Atlanta.“He (kept) the house freezing,” roommate Angela Britton said Friday.“It’s not the first time they got into it about the AC.
But that time was a real big argument.”Another roommate, Lakisha Mckinzie, said the fight scared her so much that she called her mother before bed and asked her to pray for her and her roommates’ safety, telling her there had been a lot of “chaos and tension” in the home.Mckinzie said she had been afraid of Adon Abel ever since he inappropriately touched her last month after asking her on a date.Mckinzie said he frequently knocked on her door late at night, but she never answered.She said she complained to her landlord multiple times, but no action was taken.
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