The instructor who was fatally shot by convicted ISIS-supporter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was a decorated chair of Old Dominion University’s military science department who served several tours in the Middle East, according to local reports.
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was in the middle of teaching an ROTC course at ODU Thursday morning when Jalloh, 36, stormed inside the classroom and opened fire.
Shah completed several tours with the Army since he enlisted in 2003, including deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and a rotation to Atlantic Resolve, according to his university biography.
The veteran also served with the Virginia National Guard – of which Jalloh was a member before he became an ISIS ideologue, according to the Department of Justice.
Shah was a proud alumnus of ODU, the University of Georgia, and the University of Kansas, according to his bio.
He collected more than 17 awards linked to his storied military career, including the Air Medal of Valor and three Army Commendation Medals.
Two other ROTC members were injured during the shooting, which the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.
Law enforcement sources told The Post that a group of the students, including one armed with a knife, killed Jalloh before he could harm anyone else.
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