"Jalloh walked into a classroom on Thursday morning and asked if it was an ROTC class. When someone said it was, he started firing, injuring two people and fatally shooting the instructor, who the Virginian-Pilot has since identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the head of the university's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and a professor of military science."
"Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard, pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in December 2024."
"After Jalloh started firing, students in the class subdued the shooter and one of them killed him with a knife. Jalloh reportedly yelled 'Allahu Akbar' before the shooting, according to the Associated Press."
Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Army National Guard member previously convicted in 2016 of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and sentenced to 11 years in prison, was released in December 2024. On Thursday morning, Jalloh entered a classroom at Old Dominion University's business school building and asked if it was an ROTC class. Upon confirmation, he opened fire, fatally shooting Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the head of the university's Army ROTC program and military science professor, while wounding two others. Students in the classroom subdued Jalloh, with one student fatally stabbing him with a knife. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism, with federal and state authorities assisting in the investigation.
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