Suspect in Old Dominion University shooting was convicted ISIS supporter

The gunman who opened fire on an Old Dominion University classroom was previously convicted of supporting ISIS and, according to court documents, was on probation for that terrorism-related charge when he carried out Thursday’s deadly attack

The gunman who opened fire on an Old Dominion University classroom was previously convicted of supporting ISIS and, according to court documents, was on probation for that terrorism-related charge when he carried out Thursday’s deadly attack.

One person was killed and two other people were injured in the shooting. The suspect, identified by an FBI spokesman as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was also killed.

The mortally wounded victim was identified as Brandon A. Shah, an Army lieutenant colonel. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the two people injured at the university were Army personnel.

Police arrive outside Old Dominion University's campus after reports of an active shooter on Thursday, in Norfolk, Va. Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot via APThe attack at the campus in Norfolk, Virginia, is being investigated as an act of terrorism, FBI officials said. Jalloh pleaded guilty a decade ago to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, ISIS.

Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the agency's Norfolk field office, said he shouted "Allahu Akbar" and was subdued by students who "rendered him no longer alive."