The gunman who opened fire at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday has been identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former National Guard soldier who was previously convicted of supporting ISIS, according to multiple reports. Jalloh, 36, discussed plans to carry out a Fort Hood-style attack with a government informant he believed was an ISIS terrorist, according to NBC4 Washington. Jalloh was sentenced to 11 years behind bars and an additional five years of supervised release. He was let out early in December 2024, according to the New York Post. Jalloh traveled to Africa with his father in 2015, where he met with an ISIS recruiter, according to NBC4. That same year, he went to Sierra Leone to stay with the group’s facilitator and planned to go to Libya to join the terrorist organization, but that never happened. At one point, he ventured to Niger to join ISIS and even boarded a truck full of other terror recruits, but bailed out after 18 hours, according to NBC4. Jalloh praised the gunman who killed five soldiers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 2015, to the informant, according to the Department of Justice. He also sent $500 to a man he believed was an ISIS member, who was actually an undercover FBI agent. He pleaded guilty in October 2015 to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Jalloh, who is a naturalized American citizen from Sierra Leone, stormed into a classroom on Thursday and asked if it was an ROTC course, according to the New York Post. When someone confirmed that it was, he opened fire, shooting the professor several times. The professor, a retired military officer, died at the hospital, according to the news outlet. One of the students heroically stabbed Jalloh to death to stop him from harming others. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed on X that one person is dead and two others were wounded in the shooting. The shooter, he said, “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 response of law enforcement.” “The FBI is now investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. Our Joint Terrorism Task Force is fully engaged, embedded with local authorities, and providing all resources necessary in the investigation,” Patel said. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll said the injured victims were “Army personnel.” The shooting occurred hours before an attacker rammed a vehicle into a Michigan synagogue and opened fire on the building.