On the morning of April 13, 2026, 40-year-old Lauren Bullis was fatally shot and stabbed while walking her French bulldog, Sancho, in a residential area off Flat Shoals Road in Decatur, Georgia. The attack occurred around 6:50 a.m. and was one of multiple violent incidents that day that also killed another woman and left a man seriously injured.

Bullis worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and was remembered by friends and colleagues as warm, adventurous, and committed to public service; she had recently completed her first marathon and was a wife and stepmother. An arrest warrant links 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel of Atlanta to Bullis’s killing, reporting that Abel passed her in his car and turned back to attack. Investigators say they have not found a prior connection between Abel and the victims and have described the attacks as random.

The neighborhood and Bullis’s workplace have been shaken by her death, and a GoFundMe was created to support her husband. If anyone knew Lauren, saw activity on Flat Shoals Road that morning, or has information relevant to the case, please come forward.