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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jim Manzon

ODU Shooter Mohamed Jalloh Spent 7 Years in Prison for ISIS Support Before Killing Lt. Col. Shah in Terror Attack

Jalloh (left) was released from federal prison in December 2024. Shah (right) survived Iraq and Afghanistan before being killed Thursday. (Credit: X)

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah survived combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan only to be killed in a Virginia university classroom by a man the federal prison system released early from an 11-year terrorism sentence.

Shah, 40, was shot dead on Thursday at Old Dominion University in Norfolk by Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, a former National Guard soldier who had pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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