Man changed with selling firearm used in shooting
By: Jeannine Santucci
and Christopher Cann
USA today
..... The Justice Depart4emnt has charged a Virginia man with illegally selling the firearm used in a shooting at Old domoinion University that killed one person and wounded two others.
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Kenya M. Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, Virginia, appeased in federal court March 13 [2026] and was charged by criminal complaint with dealing in firearms without a license and three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms, federal prosecutors said.
..... "Chapman allegedly stole a firearm and illegally sold it to a convicted terrorist, who murdered a decorated American veteran, and he will finally face the full weight of justice," said Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.
..... According to court documents, in 2021 Chapman allegedly purchased three firearms that were recovered from crime scenes, If convicted, Chapman faces a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison.
..... The charges relate to the sale of a weapon to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, prosecutors said. On March 12, [2026] Jalloh, 36, opened fire at Old Domionion in Norfolk, Virginia, during an ROTC class, killing one victim and wounding two others, authorities said.
..... Jalloh was a former Army National Guard member who previously was convicted of attempting to aid the Islamic State group. He was barred from owning a firearm.
..... The shooting unfolded the morning of March 12 [2026] at the southeastern Virginia school campus, where authorities say Jalloh opened fire inside a classroom, fatally striking an instructor and wounding two students.
..... Jollah was subdued and killed by a group of ROTC special agent in charge of the FBI's Norfolk field office.
..... Authorities received the first reports of a shooting at about 10:43 AM. on March 12 [2026] and responded to Constant Hall within minutes, Old dominion University police Chief Garrett Shelton said. By 10:50 AM., they determined the shooting suspect was dead.
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The shooting happened in a classroom where a group of students involved in ROTC subdued the shooter and killed him, said Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI's Norfolk field office.
..... Evans did not say how the suspect died. The students' actions "undoubtedly saved lives,: FBI Director Kash Patel said.
..... Officials identified the victim killed in the shooting as Lieutenant Coronal Brandon Shah, an instructor for ROTC.
..... The two people injured in the shooting have not been identified, but university President Brian O, Hemphill said they were students.
..... The FBI and other investigators are still probing the shooting and said they are investigating it as an "act of terrorism,: Jalloh was honorably discharged, court recorded show.
..... In 2016, records show Jalloh was arrested and pleaded guilty "for attempting to provide material support to ISIL, now know as ISISI." Evens said Jalloh was charged in that case because he wanted to 'conduct a terrorist attack" similar to a 2009 attack that left 13 dead at an Amy post in Texas. Jalloh was sentenced in 2017 to 11 years in prison and was released in 2024.
..... A motive for the shooting hasn't been revealed by authorities, but Patel said it is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
..... The Justice Department said after Jalloh's sentencing in 2017 that he was influenced by an al-Qaida leader, met with Islamic State members in Nigeria, and told an FBI informant that "he through about conducting an attack all the time, and that he was close to doing so at one point."
..... Contributing: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Ayysha Bagchi and Thao Nguyen, USA Today