1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Virginia’s Old Dominion University, police say
The gunman, identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, is also dead. The FBI said the incident is being investigated as ‘an act of terrorism’
ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) students in an Old Dominion University classroom subdued and killed the shooter who killed one person and wounded two others, the FBI announced on Thursday.
Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Norfolk field office, said at a news conference that the suspect identified by authorities as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh shouted “Allahu akbar” before the shooting. Then the ROTC students stopped him, showing “extreme bravery and courage” and preventing further loss of life, Evans said.
They subdued him and “rendered him no longer alive”, Evans said. “I don’t know how else to say it.”
She did not provide further details about that except to confirm the gunman was not shot.
At a news conference, Old Dominion University (ODU) Police Chief Garrett Shelton said the two remaining victims appear to be in stable conditions in hospital.
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Delongchamp, public information officer for the US Army Cadet Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, told Associated Press that the two wounded people are members of the ROTC at ODU.