Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man accused of unlawfully promoting a firearm to the previous Nationwide Guardsman who authorities stated killed an teacher and injured two college students in an ROTC class at Old Dominion University on Thursday, based on newly unsealed courtroom data.
Kenya Chapman was charged with false statements and illegal firearms dealing offenses in a legal criticism on Friday for his alleged sale of a Glock 44 .22 caliber gun to Mohamed Jalloh, who was beforehand convicted in 2016 of making an attempt to offer materials help to ISIS — a federal felony that despatched him to jail and barred him from having the ability to legally buy or possess firearms.
Jalloh opened fireplace Thursday on a category of ROTC members at ODU earlier than being subdued and killed by the scholars, the FBI stated at a information convention Thursday afternoon. Simply earlier than he started capturing, college students reported that he shouted or acknowledged, “Allah Akbar,” based on FBI Particular Agent Dominique Evans of the Norfolk area workplace.
The FBI is at present investigating the capturing as an act of terrorism, Evans stated.
The newly unsealed legal criticism reveals new details about Jalloh, his interactions along with his court-assigned probation officer and different particulars from his background main as much as Thursday’s capturing.
In line with the criticism, Jalloh was taking on-line courses at Outdated Dominion College this semester and his probation officer had been informed by Jalloh that he was residing at a residence in Sterling, Virginia, along with his sister.
Police arrive exterior Outdated Dominion College’s campus after studies of an energetic shooter on March 12, 2026, in Norfolk, Va.
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The probation officer’s final reported go to with Jalloh was Nov. 17 of final yr, the criticism says.
Investigators have obtained CCTV footage displaying Jalloh park his automotive on campus yesterday at roughly 9:40 a.m. earlier than the capturing.
Jalloh, a former member of the Military Nationwide Guard, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in 2017 and launched in December of 2024, based on Bureau of Prisons data.
When he pleaded responsible in 2016, Jalloh admitted he had communicated with a member of ISIS who was situated abroad, who launched him to a person within the U.S. who was truly an FBI confidential informant.
The ISIS member was believed to be actively plotting an assault and believed Jalloh would help the informant in carrying it out, based on his responsible plea.
Police arrive exterior Outdated Dominion College’s campus after studies of an energetic shooter on March 12, 2026, in Norfolk, Va.
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Throughout one assembly with the FBI informant, Jalloh was requested a couple of timeline for an operation and commented that it was higher to plan an assault for the month of Ramadan, courtroom data say.
Prosecutors had really helpful Jalloh serve 20 years in jail. It is not instantly clear why he was launched earlier than the tip of his 11-year sentence, although it isn’t uncommon within the federal jail system for inmates to be launched earlier than serving their full time period.
