Former Army National Guardsman Mohamed Jalloh is reported shooter at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia
BREAKING: Former Army National Guardsman Mohamed Jalloh, who supported ISIS, is the reported shooter at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia (https://t.me/police_frequency/170281).
Mohamed Bailor Jalloh (often spelled Jalloh rather than Jallo in reports) is a former member of the U.S. Army National Guard who gained national attention in 2016 for terrorism-related charges. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Sierra Leone, living in Sterling, Virginia. Jalloh served in the Virginia Army National Guard as a specialist from 2009 until his honorable discharge in 2015. According to court documents and reports, he left the Guard after becoming influenced by online lectures from Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric associated with Al-Qaeda.
In July 2016, at age 26, he was arrested by the FBI in a sting operation. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS). Key details from the case include: - He attempted to purchase an AR-15 rifle at a gun store while under FBI surveillance. - He discussed plans for a potential attack inspired by the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. - He traveled to Sierra Leone, connected with an ISIS facilitator, provided money to support recruits, and briefly boarded a truck intending to join ISIS in Libya before backing out.
Jalloh pleaded guilty in October 2016 to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. In February 2017, he was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. During sentencing, he reportedly expressed regret, describing himself as feeling "like a complete idiot" for his actions. This case (https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-army-national-guard-member-arrested-attempting-provide-material-support-isil) was part of a broader wave of U.S. prosecutions related to ISIS support in the mid-2010s. No recent public updates appear available on his status (e.g., release date calculations would place potential completion around 2027, accounting for good time credit, but this is not confirmed).
