VA - Shooting at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 12 March 2026

[Sundog]

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting ID'd as convicted ISIS supporter, officials say

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

www.nbcnews.com

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting previously convicted of ISIS support, officials say​

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

The gunman who opened fire Thursday morning at Old Dominion University, killing one person and wounding two others, was previously convicted of providing material support to ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

The shooter was identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, of Sterling, Virginia, the officials said. The gunman is also dead.

The victims have not been identified. Two of them are members of the school’s ROTC program, NBC affiliate WAVY of Portsmouth, Virginia, reported.

“We can confirm that two members of the university ROTC program were shot and were taken to a local hospital to treat their injuries,” the U.S. Army Cadet Command told the station in a statement.

Officials said Jalloh allegedly targeted an ROTC class and was a former member of the Army National Guard.

 

[justtrish]

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting ID'd as convicted ISIS supporter, officials say

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

www.nbcnews.com

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting previously convicted of ISIS support, officials say​

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

The gunman who opened fire Thursday morning at Old Dominion University, killing one person and wounding two others, was previously convicted of providing material support to ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

The shooter was identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, of Sterling, Virginia, the officials said. The gunman is also dead.

The victims have not been identified. Two of them are members of the school’s ROTC program, NBC affiliate WAVY of Portsmouth, Virginia, reported.

“We can confirm that two members of the university ROTC program were shot and were taken to a local hospital to treat their injuries,” the U.S. Army Cadet Command told the station in a statement.

Officials said Jalloh allegedly targeted an ROTC class and was a former member of the Army National Guard.

Not at all surprised. I hope those others who were injured survive and thank God there was a brave soul who tackled this terrorist.

 

[Sundog]

National Guardsman turned ISIS terrorist named as gunman at university

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, opened fire inside the Norfolk, Virginia, school on Thursday morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[EyeCandy]

why was he not deported once he was released from prison. A known terrrorist. I'm not shocked though

 

[Elley Mae]

why was he not deported once he was released from prison. A known terrrorist. I'm not shocked though

Me neither.

 

[justtrish]

why was he not deported once he was released from prison. A known terrrorist. I'm not shocked though

This is a GREAT question.

 

[MassGuy]

why was he not deported once he was released from prison. A known terrrorist. I'm not shocked though

He was a naturalized US citizen, so that wasn't an option.

 

[Sundog]

Who was Lt. Col. Brandon Shah? Old Dominion shooting victim identified

The shooting has prompted a terrorism investigation by the FBI on Thursday.

www.newsweek.com

Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah has been identified as the man killed in a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday, according to Virginia Congresswoman Jen Kiggans. Two others were injured in the attack, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

 

[Chimera]

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting ID'd as convicted ISIS supporter, officials say

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

www.nbcnews.com

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting previously convicted of ISIS support, officials say​

The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman is also dead.

The gunman who opened fire Thursday morning at Old Dominion University, killing one person and wounding two others, was previously convicted of providing material support to ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

The shooter was identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, of Sterling, Virginia, the officials said. The gunman is also dead.

The victims have not been identified. Two of them are members of the school’s ROTC program, NBC affiliate WAVY of Portsmouth, Virginia, reported.

“We can confirm that two members of the university ROTC program were shot and were taken to a local hospital to treat their injuries,” the U.S. Army Cadet Command told the station in a statement.

Officials said Jalloh allegedly targeted an ROTC class and was a former member of the Army National Guard.

From your link :
Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the agency’s Norfolk field office, said that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” and was subdued by students who, “rendered him no longer alive.”
Rbm.

I kind of like how that was stated !
Short and succinct.

Thankful no one else was killed.

Here's the perp's statement from the above link, at his sentencing hearing in 2017 :

At his sentencing hearing in 2017, Jalloh told the judge that “this entire crime is not who I am, it’s not who I plan to be, and it’s not who I have been.”
Rbm.

Looks like he showed his true self in the end.
For how many years did Jalloh's anger fester ?
Imo.

 

[Chimera]

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15641421/Students-kill-Old-Dominion-campus-shooter.html

Rest in peace, Brandon Shah.
Thank you for your service to America.
My condolences to his loved ones.

 

[Arkay]

What an atrocious day. A whole run of terrorist attacks.

Thank God in the synagogue attack, none of the children were harmed.

Yes, Brandon Shah, R.I.P., and thank you for your service, as a career and all the way through to your tragically premature end.

 

[curiositycat18]

What an atrocious day. A whole run of terrorist attacks.

Thank God in the synagogue attack, none of the children were harmed.

Yes, Brandon Shah, R.I.P., and thank you for your service, as a career and all the way to your premature end.

Indeed. A true hero.

Am Yisrael Chai!!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI's Norfolk field office, said a group of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students subdued and killed the suspect who shouted "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire in a classroom inside Constant Hall. She did not provide further details on the incident, but noted that the suspect was not shot.

"There were students that were in that room that subdued him and rendered him no longer alive," Evans said at a news conference. "I don't know else to say it, but they basically were able to terminate the threat."

Deadly Old Dominion University shooting probed as act of terrorism

FBI Director Kash Patel said that the deadly shooting at Old Dominion University is being investigated as an act of terrorism.

www.usatoday.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A devoted ROTC instructor, Lt. Col. Shah didn’t just lead a life of service to our country, he taught and led others to follow that path," Spanberger said.

His Old Dominion bio states he was a professor of military science and a department chair. It also indicated Shah received an MBA from the University of Georgia and the Terry College of Business.

Shah also enlisted in the Army in 2003 as an Aviation Operations Specialist. He last served, according the website, as the Brigade S3 in the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia.
[Old Dominion ROTC instructor killed in campus shooting earned degree from UGA

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“The horrific tragedy that occurred today on ODU’s campus never should have happened,” U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans, who represents the congressional district neighboring the university, wrote on Facebook.

After Jalloh pleaded guilty in October 2016 to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization — the Islamic State group — a federal judge sentenced him in 2017 to an 11-year prison term with credit for time served retroactive to his July 2016 arrest.

Jalloh was released from federal custody Dec. 23, 2024. It wasn’t immediately clear why his release from prison was moved up. Inmates can get time off of their sentences for a variety of reasons, but it isn’t known if that happened in this case.

He was on supervised release, which is comparable to probation, when he carried out the attack on Thursday. Based on his release date, that would’ve run into 2029.

Old Dominion shooter convicted of Islamic State ties released from prison just 2 years before attack

Court documents show the man opened fire in a classroom at Old Dominion University had previously been convicted of aiding a terrorist organization. The shooting Thursday happened less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who the FBI identified as the gunman, left federal prison. He pleade...

www.wral.com

 

[MassGuy]

That dipshit picked the wrong classroom.

 

[justtrish]

He was a naturalized US citizen, so that wasn't an option.

I'm surprised it wasn't an option for someone convicted for what he was. I'd say if it isn't an option in cases like his, then it should be. If someone becomes a citizen and is serving in the armed forces and then is convicted of trying to provide material support to ISIS or other terrorist organizations, then they should serve their time and get a one-way ticket out of the US when they are done.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-army-national-guard-member-pleads-guilty-attempting-provide-material-support-isil

This is info pertaining to what he was previously charged with and pled guilty to. This caught my eye. "attack similar to Fort Hood shooting" I'd say what he just did yesterday was him carrying out the plan he was convicted of trying to carry out 10 years ago. Very unfortunate.

During their meeting, Jalloh also told the CHS that he thought about conducting an attack all the time, and that he was close to doing so at one point. Jalloh claimed he knew how to shoot guns and praised the gunman who killed five U.S. military members in a terrorist attack in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 2015. Jalloh also stated that he had been thinking about conducting an attack similar to the November 2009, attack at Ft. Hood, Texas, which killed 13 people and wounded 32 others.

 

[Elley Mae]

Odd

Illegal immigrant accused of killing woman in Fairfax County had previous charges dropped

An illegal immigrant who has been arrested more than 30 times is now charged with murdering a woman at a Fairfax County bus stop. This is one of many examples w

wjla.com

Related?

 

[Ontario Mom]

Odd

Illegal immigrant accused of killing woman in Fairfax County had previous charges dropped

An illegal immigrant who has been arrested more than 30 times is now charged with murdering a woman at a Fairfax County bus stop. This is one of many examples w

wjla.com

Related?

A quick google search says it's a common surname in Sierra Leone.

 

[GatorsNorth]

Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion University shooter

The Justice Department has charged a man who authorities say sold a gun to the Old Dominion University shooter despite the gunman’s previous conviction in a terrorism case.

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