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Second Amendment Roundup: Group Self-Defense Against Terrorism

ROTC cadets kill terrorist in shooting at Old Dominion University.

Stephen Halbrook | 3.22.2026 10:52 PM

On March 12, 2026, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh walked into a classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.  He asked twice if it was a ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) class.  When told that was, he shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater) and shot the instructor, Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, several times, killing him.  He also shot and wounded two ROTC cadets.  He used a Glock 44 .22 caliber rimfire pistol.

In an instant, "Hero ROTC cadet fatally stabbed ISIS-supporting Old Dominion gunman to prevent more carnage," reported the New York Post.  Other cadets jumped on too, killing Jalloh.  None of the cadets have been identified, which helps protect them from terrorist revenge.

Yet no official source has been cited for the fact that a cadet stabbed Jalloh, and nothing about the knife has been described.

At a news conference the same day, Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI Norfolk Field Office, stated "I'd like to acknowledge the students, who showed extreme bravery, by constraining the shooter and stopping further loss of life." When asked for more details, she continued, "There were students that were in that room who subdued him and rendered him no longer alive.  I don't know how else to say it.  But they were basically able to terminate the threat.  He was not shot."  No detail was added as to how they "rendered him no longer alive."

Jalloh was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Sierra Leone.  Jalloh had been a member of the Virginia Army National Guard, but was persuaded not to reenlist after hearing online lectures by Anwar al-Awlaki, a deceased Al-Qaeda leader.  He lived in Nigeria during 2015-16, when he met with Islamic State members and became further radicalized.  Back in the U.S. in 2016, he disclosed to an FBI confidential informant his plan to commit a mass shooting similar to the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, which left 13 dead.  On July 2, 2016, Jalloh bought a rifle from a gun shop in northern Virginia.  The gun shop was obviously cooperating with the FBI, as it secretly rendered the rifle inoperable before transferring it to Jalloh.  The FBI arrested him the next day.

Pleading guilty to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant ("ISIL," aka "ISIS"), Jalloh was sentenced to 11 years in prison.  He was released early in 2024 after completing a drug treatment program, although his conviction for........

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