Category: Georgia

Because I’m a native of Atlanta, I’m old enough to remember when DeKalb County was nice — affluent, prestigious, even. But the DeKalb County of 40 or 50 years ago has ceased to exist, and the only white people who live there now are those too stupid to understand their imminent peril. Hence the complaint from Mandy to local WXIA-TV:

A DeKalb County woman says her calls to 911 went unanswered after she became trapped in a chaotic street takeover, raising concerns about emergency response times in the area.
The incident happened just after 6 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Chamblee Tucker and Alton roads, where tire marks still remain from cars spinning in the roadway.
Mandy said she was on her way to a friend’s house when she suddenly found herself surrounded by cars doing donuts and crowds of teenagers filling the intersection.
“I am blocked in, and I am absolutely terrified,” she said.
She described a scene of cars spinning recklessly while some people in the crowd appeared to be holding weapons and setting off fireworks.
“Just seeing teenagers brandishing weapons and shooting off fireworks… it was crazy,” Mandy said.
With no way to leave, she called 911 for help. She said she stayed on the line for about a minute but never reached a dispatcher.
“I was on the phone for maybe a minute. Nobody picked up,” she said.
Mandy said the takeover continued for 20 to 30 minutes without any police response. By the time she was able to leave and make it home safely, she received a text message from DeKalb County 911 asking if she needed a callback — nearly 45 minutes after her initial call.
“This was about 45 minutes after I tried calling them. I was already safe at home,” she said.
She said her experience reflects a broader concern, noting that others have shared similar stories about difficulty reaching emergency services in DeKalb County.
“If you were in a real emergency, I can’t even imagine the desperation and panic,” Mandy said. “You should be able to rely on 911.”
DeKalb County officials did not provide a direct response about this specific incident. However, police said officers did respond to the scene, though those involved had already fled.
County leaders have previously acknowledged staffing shortages within the 911 system and say they are working on improvements, including the potential use of new technology to better manage high call volumes.
For residents like Mandy, the lingering question remains whether help will be there when it’s needed most.

The area where this happened was in Chamblee, north of the Atlanta campus of Mercer University, and south of the junction of I-85 and I-285. It’s a neighborhood known as Embry Hills which, 70 years ago, was nothing but farmland. Then in 1957, three brothers — Jack, James and Neal Embry — purchased 600 acres and built more than 700 homes in a planned development. It’s still the same place physically, with brick ranch houses on tree-shaded half-acre lots, but demographic changes have completely altered the social environment. Reading about Mandy, who “was on her way to a friend’s house,” my thought was: What kind of friend do you have in that neighborhood, lady? Pardon me for the suspicion that Mandy was on her way to score an ounce of weed.

As recently as 1980, DeKalb County was still 70% white, but today fewer than 30% of the county’s residents are white. In the 2024 election, Kamala Harris got 82% of the vote in DeKalb County. To answer the question, “How bad is DeKalb County?” it is only necessary to point out that Kamala Harris got a higher percentage of the vote there than she did in San Francisco, California — it’s that bad. It is therefore not in the least surprising that motorists driving through DeKalb County on a Saturday afternoon would find their way blocked by gun-wielding gangs of feral teenagers, and that their calls to 911 went unanswered.

As dangerous as Embry Hills may be, however, at least it’s on the north side of DeKalb County. About 15 miles south of there — dear God, it’s Mogadishu down around Flat Shoals Road:

Woman killed in DeKalb shooting spree was a federal employee, DHS says
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security employee was one of two women killed during this week’s DeKalb County shooting spree that injured a third person, the federal agency confirmed Wednesday.
Lauren Bullis, 40, was walking her dog in a residential area off Flat Shoals Road just north of I-285 when she was fatally shot and stabbed Monday, DeKalb police said. DHS confirmed Bullis worked in multiple roles at the Office of Inspector General, including as an auditor in the Office of Audits and as a team leader in the Office of Innovation.
“Beyond her professional accomplishments, Lauren was a bright spot for so many of the DHS community. She brought warmth, kindness, and a genuine sense of care to her colleagues each day,” said a DHS statement provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “She was the kind of person who made others feel valued and supported, and her presence will be deeply missed.”
Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was arrested in connection with Bullis’ death as well as the earlier fatal shooting of another woman and the injury of a man, law enforcement said. He faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
He remains in the DeKalb jail. Court records do not yet list his attorney, and Abel waived his first appearance hearing Tuesday.
He was born in the United Kingdom and became a naturalized citizen in 2022, according to DHS.
DeKalb police have said they are trying to determine if Abel knew the victims. Brookhaven police confirmed the man, wounded while sleeping in front of a grocery store, was randomly attacked.
Bullis was an avid runner who participated in the 2026 Publix Atlanta Marathon, the Atlanta Track Club said. Spokesperson Natalie Cabanas said the track club was saddened to hear about her death, though she added the staff did not know her personally.
Supporters launched a GoFundMe campaign for Bullis’ husband that had raised nearly $10,000 by noon Wednesday.
According to an arrest warrant, Bullis was walking her dog just before 7 a.m. when Abel passed her in a silver Volkswagen Jetta and shortly after attacked her.
Officials said she was the last of three to be shot during the alleged spree, which began around 12:50 a.m. when a woman was shot 14 times outside a Checkers restaurant on Wesley Chapel Road. She was identified by the county’s medical examiner’s office as 31-year-old Prianna Weathers.
Soon after, around 2 a.m., Brookhaven police officers received a call about a man shot in front of a Kroger at the Cherokee Plaza along Peachtree Road.
Abel was arrested Monday afternoon in Troup County.
DHS, in its statement, touted President Donald Trump’s immigration efforts since the Joe Biden administration “to ensure individuals with criminal histories and who otherwise lack good moral character do not attain citizenship.” The agency cited increased efforts to vet immigration applications.
Abel has prior convictions in Savannah and California, but they came after he became a citizen, court documents show.
In June, he pleaded guilty in a Chatham County courtroom to four counts of sexual battery. He was subsequently sentenced to probation, banned from entering Savannah for four years and ordered to obtain a psychosexual social evaluation, documents show.
The charges stemmed from four instances where Abel “intentionally” touched “the intimate parts” of four women without their consent on April 20, 2025, according to court documents.
In total, five sexual assault calls came in within nearly an hour involving a suspect matching the same description, and four victims wanted to press charges, an incident report from the Savannah Police Department says. During his arrest in Savannah, officers found a knife in Abel’s sweatshirt pocket, police said.
In October 2024, Abel was convicted in California. According to court records out of San Diego County, he pleaded guilty to felony assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm on a police officer or firefighter and felony vandalism. He was sentenced to probation.

ABC is the first network to report on the heinous murder of Lauren Bullis, a DHS employee, at the hands of a questionably naturalized U.K native with a criminal record. pic.twitter.com/ZmBjjvrVJD

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) April 16, 2026

The southern end of DeKalb County is a no-go zone for white people, and most Georgians wouldn’t even drive through the area on I-285 if they could avoid it. There is a lot of outrage from right-wingers over the fact that the Biden administration let Olaolukitan Adon Abel into the country, but what puzzles me is why Lauren Bullis felt safe living in that neighborhood, much less walking her dog on the street.

Scott Adams could not be reached for comment.

When you think of law enforcement in Georgia, you might think of guys named Bubba or Roy, but probably not Pradeep Tamang, a native of Nepal, a small country wedged between India and Tibet. More than 10 years ago, when Pradeep was still a child, the Tamang family came to America and settled near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he later worked as a corrections officer at Dauphin County Prison. About a year ago, Pradeep got hired as a cop in Gwinnett County, Georgia:

A cop has died and another has been left seriously injured after they were shot allegedly by a serial criminal in what police described as an unprovoked attack in a Georgia Holiday Inn hotel room.
Pradeep Tamang, 25, died of his injuries after he was shot allegedly by Kevin Andrews, 35, on Feb. 1.
Tamang and his colleague Cpl. David Reed rushed to the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Stone Mountain, around 20 miles from Atlanta, as they probed suspected credit card fraud, according to WBRC.
The officers were invited into the room but were allegedly shot at when they tried to arrest Andrews over an outstanding warrant.
“The suspect produced a handgun and in an unprovoked attack, fired at our Gwinnett County police officers,” cops said.
Both fired back in self-defense but Tamang, who was born in Nepal and was engaged, died.
Andrews, who has a lengthy rap sheet, was left with non-life-threatening injuries.
JD McClure, the Gwinnett County police chief, hailed the officers’ bravery.
“These officers are heroes. They go out to the road every day and face uncertainty,” he said.
“They also understand that at the end of the day, they provide a very valuable service and that is safety.”
Brian Kemp, the Georgia governor, alluded to the dangers cops face in the line of duty.
“This is the latest reminder of the dangers law enforcement face on a daily basis, and we are grateful for every one that puts themselves in harm’s way to protect their fellow Georgians,” he said.

More about the suspect:

The man accused of killing a Gwinnett County police officer and injuring another in a shooting has been charged, according to the sheriff’s office.
Kevin Andrews faces charges of malice murder, felony murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of aggravated assault against law enforcement.
Andrews had his first appearance on Monday. He did not receive bond.
On Sunday, Officer Pradeep Tamang and Cpl. David Reed were called to a Holiday Inn Express off Park Place Boulevard in Stone Mountain, where Andrews was suspected of fraudulently renting a room.

The location is about 20 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. With nearly a million residents, Gwinnett County is the second-most populous county in Georgia, and very diverse — more than 35% of the residents area Latino or Asian, and more than 25% are black.

Here is just a little more about suspect Kevin Andrews:

Police said he has an extensive criminal history, including prior felony, robbery, gun and narcotics convictions, as well as an active warrant out of DeKalb County for failure to appear.

How many times must we see different versions of the same basic story before we do something about the “revolving door” problem in the criminal justice system? Seldom does a criminal begin his career with murder. Rather, habitual felons tend to rack up this kind of “extensive criminal history” prior to finally buying themselves a ticket to permanent incarceration. The “failure to appear” warrant from neighboring DeKalb County indicates that they had him behind bars and let him out on bail, despite his prior history of violent felonies. So two cops show up at Holiday Inn where the suspect had fraudulently used a credit card (perhaps stolen) to rent a room and, after discovering he’s got an outstanding warrant, they try to put the cuffs on him and get shot because, although it’s illegal for convicted felons to possess firearms, you don’t become a convicted felon by obeying the law, do you?

Now a young immigrant from Nepal is dead and perhaps the saddest part is, nothing will change. The courts will continue letting dangerous criminals out on the street, again and again, because as a nation, we’ve simply forgotten how to protect public safety. God help us.

A typical Friday night in Atlanta nowadays:

Atlanta Police need the public’s help with identifying two women they say are suspects in a shooting that involved a Burger King employee.
Officers responded to a shooting call shortly after 8 p.m. on Oct. 10 at a Burger King at 1130 Moreland Ave SE. When they arrived, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police say the victim was alert, breathing, and conscious.
Early investigations show that this altercation started from a verbal dispute over a food order in the drive-thru. It turned physical when the two suspects entered the restaurant, spat at the victim, and threw items.
One of the suspects then pulled out a gun and shot the victim.

Gosh, when I was a kid growing up in Atlanta, nobody ever got shot in Burger King. Of course, when I was a kid, Lester Maddox was governor of Georgia, but correlation is not causation.

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Snellville, Georgia, used to be the kind of podunk town that was frequently a punch-line in Lewis Grizzard‘s columns, mainly because there’s just something funny-sounding about that name, “Snellville.”

But whereas Snellville had fewer than 2,000 residents in 1970, it is now home to more than 20,000 residents amid the explosive growth of Gwinnett County in the suburbs of Atlanta. The town’s newfound popularity might explain why Snellville was the chosen abode of Atlanta-based rapper Tevin Hood, a/k/a T-Hood, who had recorded such tunes as “Perculator,” “Ready 2 Go” and — how can we forget? — “Big Booty.”

T-Hood made headlines this week (not in a good way) and it prompted my brother Kirby to lament, “Finally, at last, somebody famous moved to Snellville, and now he’s done got shot to death.”

Y’all, the hip-hop community is in turmoil over this:

Gwinnett County police are investigating a fatal shooting at a home in unincorporated Snellville that left an Atlanta rapper dead last Friday evening.
Officers from the South Precinct responded around 7 p.m. to a residence in the 3900 block of Lee Road after receiving reports of a dispute and gunfire.
When they arrived, they found 33-year-old Tevin Hood of Snellville suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers provided aid until Gwinnett County Fire Rescue transported him to a hospital, where he later died.
Police said one person was detained at the scene and is being interviewed by detectives. The case is being investigated as a homicide, and the motive has not yet been determined. That person has not been identified.
Hood’s mother confirmed with TMZ that her son was shot at his home, but she denied reports of a party going on at the home at the time of the shooting.

Such was the initial report on Monday, but the drama escalated once it was learned that (a) the man suspected of shooting T-Hood was none other than Ky Frost, the 24-year-old son of Rasheeda and Kirk Frost, stars of the reality program Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, now in its 13th season on MTV. Perhaps some of our readers don’t keep up with the hip-hop community in Atlanta (or anywhere else), but within that community, Rasheeda Frost is royalty, a bona fide superstar, and for her son (also a rapper) to be implicated in T-Hood’s death is Very Big News.

And the news is getting spicy, y’all:

The shooting death of Atlanta rapper T-Hood is being investigated as a “possible self-defense” case, Gwinnett Police said Tuesday. . . .
In an update Tuesday, the Gwinnett County Police Department said it happened when a “domestic disturbance occurred at the residence.” A woman was injured in that incident, and a police statement indicated the shooting was in response to the “physical altercation” that left her injured.
The shooter, police said, “remained on scene at the time of the incident, and both the shooter and witnesses continue to cooperate with investigators.” . . .
“Currently, there is no evidence to suggest the involvement of additional parties beyond those residing in the home. Although the investigation is still ongoing and additional information will be released when it becomes available, this case is being investigated as a possible self-defense shooting,” the GCPD statement Tuesday said.

What? Everybody involved was “residing in the home”? It turns out that T-Hood’s girlfriend was 30-year-old Kelsie Frost, the older half-sister of Ky Frost, and all of them — Ky, Kelsie and T-Hood — were living in this Snellville house that is actually owned by Ky and Kelsie’s parents.

Oh, my friends, the drama quickly intensified:

Kirk Frost’s daughter Kelsie Frost denies claims that she set up her boyfriend, local rapper T-Hood, who was fatally shot in his home on Aug. 8. . . .
T-Hood’s mother, Yulanda denied reports that her son hosted a party at his house at the time of the shooting. . . .
Rapper T-Hood’s sister, Jayda, implicated Kelsie in his murder. But Kelsie denied the claim in an emotional post on her Instagram Story.
“First off, I’ve been advised not to speak up by plenty of parties. I can’t sit back and let this narrative being created go on. The love of my life is GONE. . . . I don’t even have time to grieve or say my respects in the right manner because I am defending myself, being attacked by people who are creating weird and sick rumors. . . .
“So please stop listening to people who weren’t there, listening to all of these rumors and conspiracy theories will get nobody anywhere but just following a false narrative.”

At this point, the story is: “There was a domestic altercation and Kelsie suffered ‘physical injuries,’ according to an incident report. Ky arrived at the home after the altercation ended. He reportedly shot T-Hood in self-defense.” Did I mention — because it might be relevant — that at the time of his death, T-Hood was recovering from recently having been shot three times in a separate incident? Dude was a bullet magnet, I reckon.

Nevertheless, his mama wants justice:

Yulanda Bandy, Hood’s mother, said her family is demanding answers and justice for his death. On Wednesday, she told the AJC she “just wants the truth.” She said her son was dating Kirk Frost’s daughter, Kelsie, at the time of his death. On Instagram, Kelsie posted a tribute to Hood, saying “I can’t wait to hold you again.”
Hood was the oldest, and the only son, of Bandy’s four children. He has a 6-year-old daughter, Shiloh.
“He loved his little girl, so we gotta make sure she’s taken care of. … He was a wonderful person,” Bandy, of Lithonia, said. “He loved everybody. He loved gatherings. … He was our celebrity.” . . .
His family is making arrangements for a public funeral next weekend. In the meantime, they’ve posted a GoFundMe for support.
“I just wish I had more time with my baby boy,” Bandy said. “We’re gonna keep fighting for justice.”

Justice for Snellville’s most famous (but now deceased) resident!

Back in the day when there were only 2,000 people living there, Snellville didn’t have a lot of shootings, but they didn’t have much of anything, honestly. Now they’re world-famous — progress!

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