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Authorities have identified the suspect in the Old Dominion University Shooting, a violent campus attack that left one person dead and two others injured, as a man previously convicted in a federal terrorism case.

The gunman, identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, had pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the militant group Islamic State, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke to Associated Press.

FBI Launches Terrorism Investigation

The Old Dominion University Shooting is now being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, federal officials confirmed.

Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said an armed individual opened fire earlier in the day on the campus of Old Dominion University, leaving one victim dead and two others wounded.

“The shooter is now deceased thanks to a group of brave students who stepped in and subdued him,” Patel said in a social media statement, crediting their intervention with preventing further loss of life.

Patel added that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is fully engaged, working closely with local law enforcement as the investigation continues.

Attack Unfolded Inside Campus Business School

During a Thursday afternoon news conference, Garrett Shelton said campus police received urgent reports that people were being shot inside a classroom at Constant Hall.

Officers quickly responded to the scene, arriving within minutes.

Shelton said the first emergency call triggered a rapid police response, and within less than 10 minutes, officers confirmed the gunman was dead.

Initially, the university reported two victims. Investigators later learned of a third victim who transported themselves to a hospital, bringing the total number of people injured in the shooting to three.

Authorities have not yet determined exactly how the suspect died, and Shelton declined to confirm whether officers discharged their weapons during the incident.

He also noted that investigators are still in the early stages of the case and have not yet established the shooter’s precise cause of death.

Victims Linked to the University

All three victims were affiliated with the university, Shelton said.

According to Sentara Health, two of the injured victims were transported by ambulance to the Level I trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

One of those victims later died from injuries, while the second remains in critical condition.

A third person was treated and released from the Sentara Independence Emergency Department after arriving in a private vehicle.