ROTC students at Old Dominion subdued and killed the shooter who killed 1 person, wounded 2

Local here, the word is he was stabbed to death by the students. It was very scary for a bit and everyone I know had some person on the line on campus. The police reacted very quickly and the area is very shaken up by this.

I teach at Old Dominion University, and was in the parking garage about to go to class when the shots were fired. Everyone on campus undergoes “active shooter” training and learns the “run-hide-fight” protocol. The guy walked around Constant Hall looking for the ROTC class and asking people where it was. When the room was confirmed and he got to it, it was too late for the instructor and students to “run” or “hide”, so all they could do was fight - and fight, they did. The first alert was sent out at 10:48am, and the “all clear” came at 12:05pm.

“rendered him no longer alive”

“rendered him no longer alive,” is one f*** of a quote.

A lot of jokes about the wording of this article, but holy shit those kids are heroes. Who knows how many innocent people that nutjob could’ve killed if it weren’t for them

so he didn’t serve his full sentence and was able to obtain a gun after early release?! WTF

Damn they killed a terrorist before getting a commission. That has to be some kind of record

This f****** guy tried to assist ISIS and only did a decade in prison what the f***?

Only 11 years for directly assisting a terrorist organization?

“She didn’t provide further details about that except to confirm the gunman wasn’t shot” What could bro have possibly done

"The students subdued him and “rendered him no longer alive,” Evans said. “I don’t know how else to say it.” She confirmed Jalloh wasn’t shot but didn’t provide further details." Love this for him.

bunch of unarmed students with more balls than the entire uvalde police department

Their battle buddies are never going to hear the end of this.

This is so incredibly sad. I hope the students get some REALLY good therapy

ROTC student killed him with their barehands. Kid get promoted to drill Sargent for basic.

Shooter “Jalloh is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Sierra Leone.” > went to prison for 8 years of a 10 year sentence for “planning terror attack” & “aiding the Islamic state” > for some reason wasn’t stripped of his U.S. citizenship (yes, this can be done for naturalized citizens by the state department) & deported > instead gets out of prison and commits the act of terror he had planned years prior > leaving 1 dead, 1 critically injured, & one injured but released from hospital TLDR: This blood is on the State Department for failing to remove him from the country & the fbi for not following up.

'Previously convicted for terror, known to federal govt'... the meme just keeps itself alive. Good on the cadets for doing their duty.

Could someone leave a comment in this thread that doesn’t sound like it’s talking about a video game?

The ROTC students subdued him and “rendered him no longer alive,” Evans said. “I don’t know how else to say it.” Maybe spend less time on TikTok and you’ll remember how to say someone was killed. Did they cause him to lose his red kool aid when they unalived him?

I think the judge that allowed his early release should make a statement and be held somewhat accountable for the terrorists actions.

Dude brought a gun to a knifefight

That's baddass of the students But they may need some counseling and shouldn't have had to be put in that situation

those cadets are f****** hero’s

My hat goes off to those students who took that coward out.

_The students subdued him and “rendered him no longer alive,”_ Threat neutralized.

Looks like he came to the wrong house.

“A former convict who spent 8 years in prison for aiding the Islamic State opened fire on a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC students subdued and killed him, authorities said. He had yelled “Allahu Akbar” before the shooting, which left one person dead and two wounded, according to the FBI.” The “news” agency is literally downplaying religious-zealot terrorism, this is insane.

First off, kudos to them for their bravery. Secondly, that is something they'll carry forever. Killing isn't easy; it is an unnatural act for a normal person. (I don't know enough to speak on psychotic behavior to even claim to know what, if anything, they feel, and I work at a mental hospital now.) What helps them, oddly enough until you analyze it, is that they did this together. It will sound crazy, but having a fellow defender with you makes Killing easier to stomach. It wasn't JUST self-defense, but common defense. At least that is what aided my mind. Combat itself didn't "break me" as I was always doing what was needed to protect my brethren. Being injured, and then sent to work in the morgue in a walking cast, did. One, I was with new people, and lost my established "support chain." Two, was that I was now not in a position to defend my brethren anymore. Three, was when ones I knew came in. Having to fill out the DD 565 on a friend is what did "break me." Not in the moment, as I had a mission to do FOR my brethren, fallen as they may be. But afterwards, once home and NOT seeing them. Back home, on base, I trained my guys harder. Delved harder into teaching them (in case I was the one killed), and pushed them physically too. "Better shape, harder to kill" drove me. On duty, I was a better Marine. Off duty... Alcoholism and risk taking (free climbing, no safety gear for example) became my way. I stopped hanging out with friends. I didn't want to go home on leave either. Therapy, years later, revealed that my family was what I wanted to protect most, and there was guilt for NOT being able to stop deaths of friends. So I withdrew. Easier to pretend to "not care" than deal with all the feelings. I guess I'm rambling a bit, but I mean to say that while "killing guilt" gets lessened by being part of team, "survivors' guilt" is created when those team members die. It's the "damned if you do and damned if you don't" part of serving in war. I hope these ROTC guys stay tight, honor their bond, and that no harm befalls any of them. Right now, they need each other more than most people will ever know.

Oh. The Shooter got Bayonet charged. H*******.

My son is in high school JROTC. Last week they were advised from "the top" to not wear their uniforms for the time being. Their uniform are basically indistinguishable from actual service members uniforms (they use old/donated service uniforms and modify them with their high school unit patches, etc.). Basically there are trying to avoid high school JROTC kids being harassed by people who may not be able to distinguish them from actual service members. They were also set to have a local drill meet this weekend, but the drill meet was canceled out of precaution (I assume this is part of the reason).

That kid that killed the shooter is getting a good commission

Sad, I used to know LTC Shah fairly well. Was in my flight school class at Fort rucker around 2012-2013. Really nice guy.

Can somebody explain in non-freedom units explain what an Old Dominion or an ROTC is? You all seem to talk about it as if it is just a regular thing but outside the US it mostly isn’t.

Get those boys drinks FOR LIFE.

Major props to the bravery of the ROTC students, the loss of any life is tragic but their (presumably quick) response likely saved a good deal more lives), hopefully the two wounds aren't lethal/too severe for the 2 wounded. I believe that the article mentioned that they stabbed the shooter? I've only been in JROTC so I'm not familiar with the differences but do ROTC students usually carry knives or is it just a special case of one of them happening to have a knife for one reason or another?

So the shooter was a specialist in the national guard and was honorably discharged in 2015. Arrested and charged as a terrorist in 2016 for attempting to carry out an attack. Released early after 8yrs and on parole under supervision. And then carried out an attack. This doesn't seem like a random act of violence by a lone gunman. It seems more like a prepared weapon for a controlled attack. Who did he kill?

Also a local. I live in a condo about 2 miles from the university. 5 of my neighbors are professors, and my sister is a freshman living on campus. 1130-1215 was one of the wildest emotional roller coasters I have been on in a long time. Norfolk PD in conjunction with university PD were on campus in about 4 minutes. Between that and the brave cadets, it was an impressive response and a horrific situation that could have been so much worse.

Kids have more balls than all of the uvalde police department

Give the ROTC students a combat infantry badge

Hope bro never has to buy a beer for the rest of his life

Oh, it's this [Anwar al-Awlaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki) guy again. He sure left a legacy of inspiring terrorists.

Haha that’s brutal as f***. Glad they got him.