Old Dominion University Shooter Identified As Former Army National Guard Member Mohamed Jalloh Who was Previously Convicted of Providing Materials to ISIL

The alleged gunman responsible for the shooting that occurred inside an Old Dominion academic building on Thursday has been identified.

Fox News journalist Karol Markowicz reported, “I’m reliably informed that the alleged attacker of Old Dominion is Mohamed Jalloh.”

She added, “The same Jalloh who was previously convicted of providing support to ISIL.”

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said he is also hearing that the Old Dominion shooter is Mohamed Jalloh.

Hearing the same from multiple federal sources. https://t.co/wOkhmmtfQS

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 12, 2026

Jalloh, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Sierra Leone, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on a terrorism charge in 2017.

NBC News also reported that Mohammad Jalloh, who was recently released from prison, has been identified as the Old Dominion shooter.

BREAKING | NBC News: A man previously convicted of providing material support to ISIS, Mohammad Jalloh, and recently released from prison has been identified as the shooter at Old Dominion earlier today, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter say.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2026

LOOK:

News: I’m reliably informed that the alleged attacker of Old Dominion in is Mohamed Jalloh, the same Jalloh who was previously convicted of providing support to ISIL. https://t.co/oZnsEvPBOv

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) March 12, 2026

Read the DOJ’s previous 2016 press release on Jalloh:

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard, was arrested on July 3 for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). According to the complaint, Jalloh is alleged to have attempted to provide services by assisting in the procurement of weapons to be used in what he believed was going to be an attack on U.S. soil committed in the name of ISIL. In addition, the complaint alleges that Jalloh attempted to provide material support to ISIL by providing money to assist in the facilitation of individuals seeking to join ISIL.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia and Assistant Director in Charge Paul M. Abbate of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement. Jalloh will make his initial appearance today at 2 p.m. EDT before U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson of the Eastern District of Virginia. According to court documents and court proceedings, in March 2016, a now-deceased member of ISIL brokered an introduction between Jalloh, 26, of Sterling, Virginia, and an individual in the United States who actually was an FBI confidential human source (CHS). The ISIL member was actively plotting an attack in the United States and believed the attack would be carried out with the assistance of Jalloh and the CHS.

According to court documents, Jalloh met with the CHS on two occasions in April and May 2016. During the April meeting, Jalloh told the CHS that he was a former member of the Army National Guard, but that he had decided to quit after listening to online lectures by Anwar al-Aulaqi, a deceased leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Jalloh stated that he recently had taken a six-month trip to Africa, where he had met with ISIL members in Nigeria and first began communicating online with the ISIL member who later brokered his introduction to the CHS.

During their meeting, Jalloh also told the CHS that he often thought about conducting an attack and that he knew how to shoot guns. Jalloh praised the gunman who killed five U.S. military members in a terrorist attack in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 2015, and stated that he had been thinking about conducting an attack similar to the November 2009 attack at Ft. Hood, Texas.

BREAKING:

Initial reports say that the gunman who shot 2 people at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia today before being eliminated by the police is the ISIS supporter Mohamed Jalloh.

Source: @karol pic.twitter.com/jZESaghmzr

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 12, 2026

WTKR provided an update on the shooting at ODU and shared that one victim has been killed and two others have been injured in the shooting.

The gunman has also been reported deceased.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.

Earlier today, an armed individual opened fire at Old Dominion University, leaving one person dead and two others wounded. The shooter is now deceased thanks to a group of brave students who stepped in and subdued him – actions that undoubtedly saved lives along with the quick…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 12, 2026

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