FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — When Atlanta Falcons receiver Darnell Mooney navigated through his first month at the team’s headquarters in Flowery Branch, he had help from a pair of returning wideouts.
Drake London and KhaDarel Hodge are the lone-two players in Atlanta’s new-look receiver room who caught passes for the Falcons last season. They offered guidance and direction to the newcomers, including Mooney.
But once London and Hodge had seen enough from new quarterback Kirk Cousins and offensive coordinator Zac Robinson, the pass catchers began talking about differences between Atlanta’s 2023 and 2024 offenses.
The topic of conversation? Pass attempts – which London and Hodge believe will come aplenty under Robinson.
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“We’re throwing the ball,” London and Hodge told Mooney. “Putting the ball in the air.”
Robinson, a three-year starting quarterback at Oklahoma State University from 2007-09 before spending four years on various NFL rosters, has a pass-happy background. He was the Los Angeles Rams’ quarterback coach in 2023 before following new Falcons head coach Raheem Morris to Atlanta this spring.
The 37-year-old Robinson brings a different aura and style than Arthur Smith, the Falcons’ head coach and offensive play-caller the past-three seasons who played offensive line collegiately and previously worked as a tight ends coach.
Robinson hails from an offense that led the NFL in running 11 personnel – one running back, one tight end, three receivers – last season. The Falcons, conversely, ranked No. 31 league-wide in 11 personnel, but led the league in 12 personnel – one running back, two tight ends, two receiver – looks. The Rams, meanwhile, were last in 12 personnel.
Under Smith, the Falcons fielded some of the league’s best rushing attacks, ranking No. 3 and No. 9 across the past two years, respectively. But Atlanta never finished better than No. 16 in passing across Smith’s three seasons and was outside the top 20 in 2022 and 2023, underscoring the struggle to find balance.
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With Robinson, the Falcons are hoping for better results through the air, and Cousins – a four-time Pro Bowl passer – certainly helps that mission. But so does Atlanta’s remodeled receiver room, which includes Mooney, Rondale Moore and Ray-Ray McCloud, among others.
The Falcons wanted to add speed around London. They’ve done that. They added another piece around star tight end Kyle Pitts with the signing of Charlie Woerner, who played over 300 offensive snaps for the San Francisco 49ers last year.
A strong one-two punch remains at running back, where Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier, who combined for nearly 1,700 rushing yards last season, each return.
There’s a blend of familiar faces and fresh life that Atlanta hopes leads to a new, more consistently productive offense. Nevertheless, the Falcons will look different under Zac Robinson’s command – starting with the groupings they’ll field.
“Certainly, my background over the last five years has been 11 personnel,” Robinson told FalconsSI. “It really is going to go game by game in terms of how much we’re in 11 and how much we’re in 12 and we are always evolving with those things.
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“But certainly would expect a little bit of an uptick in 11 personnel.”
Part of the luxury within the offense, Robinson said, is the versatility Woerner and Pitts provide. Woerner is a block-first player who thrives in-line, while Pitts can play both attached to the line of scrimmage and at receiver – Robinson said he’s learning both receiver and tight end this summer.
On paper, the Falcons are in 12 personnel with Pitts and Woerner, but if Pitts is at receiver, only one tight end – Woerner – is on the line, which gives defenses the look of 11 personnel.
Such personnel manipulation is merely one of several ways Robinson’s offense strains defenses. Allgeier noted frequent motions and reads as other new aspects, an addition the third-year rusher feels fits the Falcons’ weapons.
The eye-candy has caused headaches for Atlanta’s defense, linebacker Kaden Elliss said.
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“The shifts, the motions, the turbos, the trades – it’s very purposeful,” Elliss said during OTAs. “It’s not just smoke and mirrors. There’s a reason they’re trying to make the defense adjust, yes, but at the same time, with all their motion, all their different movements pre-snap, there’s a purpose to put their guys in a better situation for that play and put us in a pickle oftentimes.
“That’s what everybody’s trying to do in the NFL, and this branch and what Zac’s putting together is at the top of the list.”
Robinson’s offense is a mixture of Atlanta’s strengths from last season and the core principles to Sean McVay’s unit in Los Angeles. Among the most prominent similarities is the continuation of the wide zone rushing offense, though the Falcons are expected to incorporate additional running styles.
But it’s here – the motion and shifts – that may serve as an indicator of Atlanta’s overall offensive success this fall. Robinson said everything is predicated on marrying the run and pass, something the Falcons have failed to do in recent years.
Atlanta is trying to create conflict for defenders, but if the offense becomes one-dimensional, the eye-candy is just that: A visual charade, not an effective ploy. Robinson is adamant such a dilemma won’t arise.
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“We’re not going to motion just to motion,” Robinson said. “We know the conflict that can cause on the other side of the ball, when you do motion effectively, and you do have an intent behind what you’re trying to do.
“We’ll always try to marry everything up, whether it’s run game, pass game – all those things will have a rhyme or reason behind it.”
The Falcons’ parts won’t just be moving, but they’re expected to be moving fast. This, according to center Drew Dalman, isn’t new from Smith, but it’s nonetheless a welcome sight.
“It’s been our M-O since I’ve been here, and I’ve been really fortunate to have that,” said Dalman, who’s entering his fourth season. “But to see that continue and allow us to rip off the ball and play to our strengths, that’s really awesome that I saw it previously and I see it continue with this offense.”
Still, learning a new offense is far from easy. Doing it while trying to build chemistry with a new quarterback only greatens the challenge.
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London, the Falcons’ leading receiver the past two years, said the process is like starting at square one, or having to learn multiplication all over again.
Trying to grasp Robinson’s scheme proved difficult at the beginning, London said, due to the amount of information thrown at the players – but Robinson, with the help of assistant coaches Ike Hilliard, K.J. Black and Chandler Whitmer, helped dumb down the lessons and make it easier to learn.
The scheme’s complexity, however, is part of what has made it so effective when installed elsewhere, be it Los Angeles or with any of McVay’s disciples.
Falcons sixth-round rookie receiver Casey Washington, an early standout during OTAs and minicamp, has no other professional experience to compare Robinson’s offense to, but he knows its origins and likes what he’s seen through his first two months in Atlanta.
“Creative,” Washington said about Robinson. “And he does it the right way, and I’m super excited to see where it’s going to go. Where the offense came from, they produce, and hopefully we can do that here, too.”
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The sentiment was echoed by undrafted rookie wideout Isaiah Wooden, who added another element: Robinson is intentional in stressing explosive plays – an Achilles heel of Atlanta’s offense under Smith and further reason for conviction in the receiver room’s speed-centric makeover.
“Very creative,” Wooden said. “He’s a person that’s going to push the ball down the field. He wants to get his playmakers the ball. Being who I am, a person that loves to take a top off the defense and have the ball, being a gadget guy, I really love that being a part of this offense.”
Creativity isn’t necessarily innovation. Robinson won’t be reinventing the wheel with the Falcons’ offense. Instead, he’s building on it – while adding flavors of his own from over two decades of experience around the game.
“I always say I think some of the better creativity comes from when you collaborate with others,” Falcons offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford told FalconsSI on June 5. “And so I think Zac has done a great job of seeing some of the things the guys are really good at and then incorporating it in with his own things that he’s used to.
“It’s been really fun.”
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Think about some of the NFL’s best offensive minds, and Morris has probably worked with them – be it McVay, Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur, Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel or San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, among several others.
Now, there’s Robinson.
“I see Zac Robinson, and I see him in the same light,” Morris said. “I see him growing, developing, bringing his timing and rhythm and his balance to our offense that we can have go out here and play.”
That was during Morris’s introductory press conference Feb. 5. Over three months later, as the Falcons navigated through a growth-filled period of OTAs, Morris took a moment to reflect on Robinson’s tenure.
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Naturally, Morris’s mind went to the quarterbacks, where the Falcons paired Cousins with No. 8 overall pick Michael Penix Jr., veteran backup Taylor Heinicke and undrafted rookie John Paddock.
Communication has been Robinson’s biggest asset. It’s how he helped London simplify the offense, and the ease of his teaching has translated to the quarterbacks, who Morris said fostered a strong understanding of each other in a short amount of time.
Robinson and Morris spent the past three years together in Los Angeles, giving Morris insight as to how Robinson is wired – but still, stepping into a prominent role put a spotlight on the first-time play-caller.
And thus far, Robinson has met expectations.
“I’m really fired up and pleased with Zac overall,” Morris said. “Just emotional intelligence. I love the calm, cool demeanor that hasn’t changed. It’s exactly what we thought, and we hoped for. We have that ability to work together that I would want.”
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For as much camaraderie as Morris has with Robinson, perhaps nobody on staff has known the Littleton, Colo, native longer than quarterback coach T.J. Yates.
Robinson and Yates met as counselors at the Manning Passing Academy in 2008. Robinson entered the professional realm one year before Yates, but the two stayed in touch all throughout their journeys as backup quarterbacks-turned-coaches.
For Robinson, that journey included a brief stint as an analyst at Pro Football Focus. For Yates, it featured a two-year run from 2022-23 as the Falcons’ receiver coach, where he said he was less comfortable than he is now, working with passers.
Yet be it as players or coaches, Yates and Robinson have had considerable professional crossover. They’re now around one another much more than ever before, but their past together has already created strong chemistry – which is particularly important when considering Morris views quarterback as one of the most important positions in sports.
“It’s been great,” Yates said. “We’re very similar in demeanor, how we see the game and how we go about our process and stuff. So, it’s been a really seamless transition to working with a guy that I’ve never worked with before and never really spent much time with before in a long-term capacity.”
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Unlike Yates, Ledford had no prior experience with Robinson. Still, Morris and Robinson chose to retain Ledford after seeing the personality of Atlanta’s offensive line on tape.
Ledford said he thinks Robinson has done a good job blending the Falcons’ offense with his own philosophies. There are a lot of schematic similarities, Ledford noted, to the extent that he doesn’t have to teach the linemen any new concepts.
Instead of overhauling the fundamentals up front, Robinson’s offense has merely led to a spring and summer filled with altering vocabulary in Ledford’s room.
“As coaches, (we’re) kind of like, ‘Hey, you remember this? This is like this now – we’ll call it (different),’” Ledford said. “It’s trying to make it where it looks and feels the same in certain aspects.
“And obviously, some of it’s different – with anything like that, it’s going to be different, but we tried to make it to where it’s as easy of a transition as you can get without a complete overhaul for the guys.”
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Everything has meshed well, said Ledford, who later added he thinks the transition to Robinson’s offense has been pretty smooth.
Installing a scheme is one aspect of being a new offensive coordinator. Calling plays is another. Robinson has experience, but it’s minimal – while with the Rams, he did simulations in training camp and in the preseason last August, losing 41-0 to the Denver Broncos.
During OTAs, the Falcons gave Robinson more opportunities to find his stride, calling live periods in jog throughs and practice sessions.
However, there’s only so much one can simulate, and while Robinson said growth comes from reps, he’s eager to get into a competitive setting – though Morris believes he’s been in one mentally for the past several years.
“I think he’s been preparing for that play-calling role since I met him,” Morris said. “But I think those things happen naturally. When it’s your first time going to call it full-season, live, you’re going to be way more locked and dialed in than most. It just is what it is.”
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Morris described as the nature of the beast and the urgency one creates for themselves. He feels Robinson has created a strong foundation of urgency that will carry through summer break and into training camp.
In the NFL, May and June are made for learning and developing. Most think of this for players, but it’s true for coaches, too. Robinson experienced a heavy dose of on-the-job training – all the while carrying the stress of having to teach his offense to Atlanta’s players.
Expectations are high for the Falcons, as much internally as externally. How well Robinson’s offense – with a shiny new quarterback surrounded by several high-powered playmakers – performs may ultimately dictate how far Atlanta goes this fall.
So, pressure? One may say that is the nature of the beast.
“Nobody’s expecting you to be perfect,” Morris said, “but we expect to be our very best.”
Sean Barnard details his preview and prediction for Saturday’s Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks matchup in the NBA Playoffs.
The NBA playoffs are officially underway with a loaded opening round. Taking place in the No. 3 vs. No. 6 matchup in the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Hawks will take on the New York Knicks.
You can check out the full series preview on DraftKings Network here.
Looking at the odds for the series opener, the Knicks enter as 6.5-point favorites on DraftKings Sportsbook. The Hawks are +205 underdogs with the game total set at O/U 218.5 points.
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This article will look at a preview and prediction for the Eastern Conference series opener.
Hawks vs. Knicks prediction, preview
The Atlanta Hawks went through a midseason transition, moving on from Trae Young after he headlined the production for the franchise for the past eight years. The Hawks have not missed a beat amid the major midseason shakeup, finishing as the sixth seed in the conference with a 46-36 overall record. On the season, Atlanta has gone 44-38 against the spread, and the game total has gone 41-41 to the over/under.
Jock Landale is the only player set to miss the matchup tonight. Jalen Johnson headlines the production, posting averages of 22.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.9 assists per game. Nickeil Alexander-Walker has had a breakout season in a new location, adding 20.8 points, 3.7 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game. CJ McCollum adds 18.7 points and 4.1 assists across his first 41 games with the organization, while Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu, Jonathan Kuminga, and Zaccharie Risacher also play notable roles.
Quin Snyder’s group scores 118.5 points per game, which ranks sixth in the NBA. The Hawks also rank 14th in offensive rating, 13th in field goal percentage, and fifth in three-point percentage. Defensively, opponents are scoring 116.0 points per game against Atlanta, which ranks 18th in the league. They also rank ninth in defensive rating, 18th in opponent field goal percentage, and 12th in opponent three-point percentage.
The New York Knicks entered the season with legitimate title aspirations. They have had some notable ups and downs, but now face this opportunity. New York finished the regular season with a 53-29 record and sit in third place in the East. The Knicks have gone 44-39 against the spread, and the game total has gone 38-45 to the over/under.
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The Knicks enter this matchup with a clear injury report and a large sample size of the team playing together. Jalen Brunson headlines the production with 26.0 points, 6.8 assists, and 3.3 rebounds, while Karl-Anthony Towns pitches in 20.1 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 3.0 assists of his own. OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges are responsible for the production at the wing positions, while Josh Hart sets the tone for this team from a hustle standpoint. New York also did an impressive job building out the bench unit this season, with players like Jordan Clarkson, Mitchell Robinson, Landry Shamet, and Tyler Kolek capable of serving as X-factors off the bench.
As a team, the Knicks are scoring 116.5 points per game, which ranks 10th in the NBA. New York also ranks third in offense rating, 11th in field goal percentage, and fourth in three-point percentage. Defensively, opponents are scoring 110.1 points per game against the Knicks, which ranks fifth in the league. They also rank seventh in defensive rating, fifth in opponent field goal percentage, and 20th in opponent three-point percentage.
Hawks vs. Knicks pick, best bet
These are two teams at different stages of their timeline, but neither will be afraid of this playoff spotlight. The Knicks pushed their chips in around this core and are hoping to be rewarded for it. They fell to the Indiana Pacers in the Conference Finals last year and have made the postseason in four consecutive seasons. Atlanta missed out on the playoffs in back-to-back years and turned a new page direction with Jalen Johnson now leading the charge. Without Trae Young, the Hawks now lean on more of a defensive-minded identity and have a roster loaded with athleticism.
During the regular season, these teams faced off three times. They split the first two matchups, which took place on December 27th and January 2nd. New York picked up a narrow 108-105 victory in the most recent game, which took place on April 6th. Both sides were aware that this was a potential postseason matchup, and this game had some major seeding implications. It was an evenly matched game in which neither team was able to extend a lead beyond 10 points, and the rebounding battle was separated by just one board. The biggest discrepancy came with the Knicks shooting 50% compared to the Hawks shooting 40%, and New York outscoring Atlanta 52-34 in the paint.
While there are higher expectations for this Knicks team in the postseason outlook, the Hawks stack up fairly well in this matchup. Jalen Brunson will be at the heart of the offensive attack for New York. But his biggest weakness is when he is guarded by high-level athletes with a size advantage over him. The Hawks have built out a roster loaded with this archetype of player, and there is not a clear matchup for Brunson to hunt in most lineup combinations.
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Brunson has enough experience and savvy to will settle in over the course of the series. But expect some growing pains in the early parts of this matchup, and for this to be a huge hurdle for this Knicks team. I am backing the Hawks to cover the 5.5-point spread and would not be shocked if they steal the opening game. This is a series in which neither side should be expected to pull away by major margins throughout. Count on Atlanta to have defense success and have a clear gameplan for limiting the impact of Brunson. Expect this matchup to come down to the wire and take the points in the series opener.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is launching a retail fundraiser to combat a 70% surge in local food insecurity caused by rising inflation.
ATLANTA – One in six children in Atlanta will go hungry tonight, according to data from the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
The organization, which provides food for nearly 300,000 households every month, reports that the need for assistance in the community is both significant and expanding. Greg Sims, a representative of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, said the pantry network has experienced a 70% increase in visitors over the last four years.
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What they’re saying:
“Neighbors, kids, seniors, hard-working adults that are struggling to make ends meet and afford enough food,” Sims said. “We have seen 70 percent increase in neighbors visiting our pantry network over the last four years.”
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Rising costs have forced many local families to make difficult financial trade-offs. Sims noted that inflation has played a major role in the growing demand for food assistance, as families often prioritize fixed costs over their grocery budgets.
“It’s easiest in budget to cut food you can’t cut utilities you can’t cut your rent, so what gets left off is food,” Sims said. “Parents may go skip meals so kids can eat that often-common coping.”
Local perspective:
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To combat these rising numbers, the food bank is participating in the annual “Fight Hunger, Spark Change” campaign through May 3. The initiative raises funds when customers round up their totals or purchase specific products at Walmart or Sam’s Club locations. Officials confirmed that every dollar donated through the program stays within the local community.
“Last year’s campaign generated almost 400K to support our work, which in the end, abled us to provide more than a million meals to our community,” Sims said.
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The Atlanta Community Food Bank currently partners with approximately 700 food pantries throughout the state to distribute resources. Sims emphasized that food insecurity can affect anyone, regardless of their circumstances or appearance.
“Folks all different backgrounds are dealing with food insecurity, and you may not know it looking at a person standing next to you in the shopping aisle,” Sims said. “We are here for you, and we have resources available to you.”
By the numbers:
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1 in 6: The number of children in Atlanta who will go hungry tonight.
300,000: Households served by the food bank every month.
70%: The increase in pantry visitors over the last four years.
700: The number of food pantries throughout the state that partner with the food bank.
$400,000: The amount generated by last year’s campaign to provide millions of meals.
What you can do:
The organization added that it is also in constant need of volunteers to support its daily operations. Learn more at https://www.acfb.org/
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The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Atlanta Community Food Bank, which provided data on local hunger rates and campaign details, as well as Greg Sims, a representative for the organization who spoke about the impact of inflation on Georgia families.
To the public, Lauren Bullis was a dedicated employee for the Department of Homeland Security in Georgia – a consummate professional committed to public service.
To her loved ones, the 40-year-old from Decatur was an adventurous explorer who traveled the world and brought joy to friends near and far.
“You couldn’t meet her and not be her friend,” fellow DHS auditor Ashley Toillion told the Associated Press. “She was just the nicest, sweetest, most encouraging person I’ve ever met.”
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The pair bonded over running and planned to take part in a race at Walt Disney World.
But on Monday morning, as Bullis was walking her French bulldog Sancho, she was shot and stabbed in Panthersville – an unincorporated community about 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
Her death came just hours after another woman, 31-year-old Prianna Weathers, was gunned down near a restaurant in Decatur. A third shooting victim, an unhoused man who was attacked outside a grocery store in Brookhaven, survived but was critically injured.
Based on surveillance footage and license plate readers, authorities believe the same man, 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel of Atlanta, shot all three victims in a rampage that has been highlighted by the Trump administration.
While the motive remains unclear, Bullis’ employment at DHS and Adon Abel’s status as a naturalized citizen has sparked questions – and criticism from the agency about crimes the suspect committed after he became a US citizen.
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Bullis was a beloved fixture in her neighborhood – often seen running, walking Sancho or tending to the gorgeous flowers she planted in her yard.
She “embraced the sport of running with great gusto, having run 5ks, 10ks, and half-marathons across the country,” her obituary says. “On visits to loved ones, Lauren always asked for a spare key so she could get her miles in without waking her hosts.”
Just last month, Bullis completed her first marathon in Atlanta.
“She’s very athletic,” neighbor Portia Powell said. “If she ain’t walking the dog, she’s running.”
Powell forged a strong friendship with Bullis in recent years, bonding over their shared love of gardening.
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“She’s always, ‘Hey, Miss Portia, how you doing?’… so outgoing and friendly,” Powell said.
Bullis’ death has “impacted the neighborhood tremendously,” Powell said. “I think it would make us all more aware of what’s going on in the neighborhood and look out for each other.”
The tragedy devastated colleagues at the DHS Office of Inspector General, where Bullis was an auditor and a team leader, the agency said.
“Lauren approached her work with integrity, thoughtfulness, and a commitment to excellence that strengthened our organization and the communities we serve,” DHS said. “She brought warmth, kindness, and a genuine sense of care to her colleagues each day.”
Bullis’ husband, stepdaughter, parents and siblings are now united in grief, robbed of their generous, hilarious, globe-trotting beacon of light.
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“She put the needs of others before her own, tending many times over the years to sick friends and ones who had merely overindulged. She was enormous fun, a great host, dignified, unpretentious, and riotously funny,” Bullis’ obituary says.
“Lauren loved travel, alone or with others, having visited far-flung locales in Egypt, Peru, Greece, Spain, Ireland, and France, among many, many others,” it read. “She was forever planning her next journey.”
While the string of attacks rattles several communities in Georgia, Prianna Weathers’ mother mourns privately in her North Carolina home.
“This was a senseless death,” she told CNN. “All of these people he killed … these were innocent people. He had no reason to be harming them. They weren’t doing anything to him.”
Weathers was killed in Decatur, not far from where she was born 31 years ago, her mother said.
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She asked not to be identified to protect the privacy of Weathers’ 12-year-old son, who she’s suddenly raising and must grow up without his mother.
No clear relationship between the victims and suspect
It’s not clear why the three shooting victims were attacked. Police said the man who was critically injured appeared to be targeted at random, and investigators were looking into whether the two women killed were targeted randomly.
Don Plummer of the Georgia Public Defender Council declined to detail the suspect’s case and background.
“We understand the intense public attention surrounding this case, but Mr. Abel has the same constitutional rights as any other accused person, and our job is to protect those rights in court,” he told CNN.
“This is a tragic and serious case. Nothing about defending constitutional rights minimizes that. In fact, the rule of law matters most when emotions are high and the allegations are the most serious.”
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Adon Abel, a native from the United Kingdom, became a naturalized US citizen in 2022, DHS said.
The naturalization process often takes years, and it’s not clear whether the bulk of Adon Abel’s processing took place during the first Trump administration or the Biden administration. DHS did not answer CNN’s question about the suspect’s naturalization timeline.
DHS blamed the previous administration for Adon Abel’s naturalization, describing the suspect as a “monster” on a Facebook post.
The agency also said Adon Abel was convicted of several crimes, including sexual battery and assault with a deadly weapon. Court records show a defendant listed as Adon Olaolukitan pleaded guilty to four counts of misdemeanor sexual battery for a 2025 incident in Georgia – several years after the suspect became an American citizen. He was sentenced to 48 months of probation for those offenses.
Another court filing shows a defendant named “Olaolukitan Adonabel” pleaded guilty to a 2024 felony assault with a deadly weapon “other than a firearm on a Police officer or firefighter” in California. That record notes the suspect’s name may also appear as Olaolukitan Adon Abel or Adon Olaolukitan.
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The public defender council lambasted DHS’ characterization of the suspect.
“It is irresponsible and troubling for public officials to label an accused person a ‘monster’ before adjudication,” Plummer said. “That kind of language may be politically convenient, but it is corrosive to due process and to the basic right to a fair trial.”
The records show a few other charges, but those cases were dismissed.
On Monday, Adon Abel was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Georgia’s Troup County, which borders Alabama. He now faces several charges including two counts of malice murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, police said.
CNN’s Sneha Dhandapani, Ryan Young, Jason Morris and Lindsey Knight contributed to this report.
