Virginia university report finds officials did not disclose student’s terror conviction

An autarkic probe into the deadly March panic onslaught astatine Old Dominion University (ODU) recovered that national officials ne'er warned the schoolhouse that the returning pupil down the shooting had antecedently been convicted of trying to enactment ISIS.

On March 12, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh reportedly yelled "Allahu Akbar" earlier opening occurrence wrong an ROTC schoolroom a ODU, sidesplitting an Army seasoned teacher and injuring 2 students earlier ROTC members fatally subdued him.

Jalloh was convicted successful 2016 of attempting to supply worldly enactment to the Islamic State panic radical successful a crippled to people U.S. subject personnel.

Neither his national probation officer, the FBI, nor immoderate authorities oregon national bureau notified ODU of his conviction, the university-commissioned study concluded.

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Mohamed Bailor Jalloh served successful the Army National Guard earlier carrying retired the March 12, 2026, shooting astatine Old Dominion University. (The Intercept)

"Had ODU known astir Jalloh’s transgression history, it is highly apt that ODU would person sought his removal from field owed to the hazard helium posed, peculiarly to military-affiliated individuals," the autarkic study said.

The FBI told Fox News Digital Thursday it is not the bureau liable for notifying colleges.

"The FBI does not service arsenic a notification authorization for colleges oregon universities regarding an individual’s transgression historyhat is simply a shared work crossed state, local, national and assemblage partners," the FBI said. 

Additionally, the bureau noted that Jalloh's terrorism-related convictions were wide publicized by the Department of Justice successful 2016 and 2017, with astatine slightest 3 property releases detailing his lawsuit inactive disposable connected the agency's website.

"Furthermore, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia issued respective property releases and publically disposable information, including a property merchandise erstwhile Jalloh was sentenced successful 2017 for attempting to supply worldly enactment to a designated overseas violent organization," the bureau said. 

"The merchandise remains connected the Department of Justice website and tin beryllium recovered done an net hunt with aggregate links available."

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ODU said that, nether Virginia instrumentality enacted successful 2022, nationalist universities are prohibited from asking applicants astir their transgression past during the admissions process. 

In compliance with the law, ODU said it removed transgression past questions from its applications, leaving the assemblage babelike connected voluntary pupil disclosures oregon extracurricular instrumentality enforcement notifications.

Under Jalloh’s national supervised release, his probation serviceman reportedly had the authorization to necessitate him to disclose his transgression grounds to 3rd parties.

However, nary specified notification was provided to immoderate assemblage bureau oregon field police, according to the report.

"Given that Virginia instrumentality requires universities to trust connected pupil self-disclosure, it is adjacent much important that different instrumentality enforcement agencies guarantee that accusation that universities request to cognize to safeguard their students is shared with universities. This captious nonaccomplishment led to tragic consequences here," the ODU study said.

Jalloh besides ne'er voluntarily disclosed his 2016 national coercion condemnation to ODU, according to the report.

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was identified arsenic the shooter astatine Old Dominion University March 12, 2026. (AP Photo)

While Virginia instrumentality allows nationalist universities to inquire astir transgression past aft an applicant is admitted, ODU's argumentation astatine the clip lone sent post-admission inheritance questionnaires to first-time students, excluding readmitted returning students specified arsenic Jalloh.

According to the field report, Jalloh archetypal enrolled astatine ODU arsenic an undergraduate pupil successful 2007. After being academically suspended successful 2010, helium was readmitted successful 2011 aft serving successful the Army National Guard. 

He concisely took classes done outpouring 2012 earlier stopping for chartless reasons and was aboriginal convicted connected national coercion charges successful 2016.

He past served 8 years successful situation earlier being released successful December 2024. Afterward, Jalloh applied for readmission arsenic a returning pupil and was re-enrolled astatine ODU successful 2025.

After Jalloh’s lawsuit exposed a spread successful the university's post-admission screening policies, ODU said it officially expanded its post-admission transgression past questionnaire to see readmitted students alongside first-time students.

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was killed successful the deadly shooting astatine Old Dominion University March 12.  (Old Dominion University)

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Additionally, the study said thing other connected Jalloh’s readmission exertion raised immoderate concerns.

Jalloh’s exertion reportedly listed a backstage residential code successful Sterling, Virginia, alternatively than a national situation address. Two professors who taught him successful the months earlier the onslaught besides reported nary behavioral concerns.

The United States Probation and Pretrial Services Eastern District of Virginia did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.