WASHINGTON, United States: A former US National Guard member who shot dead a man at a university in the state of Virginia was previously jailed for attempting to aid the Islamic State group, authorities said on Friday.
The assailant died in the incident on Thursday, which wounded two others, on the campus of Old Dominion University south of the US capital Washington.
The FBI said it was investigating the shooting as “an act of terrorism.”
Authorities identified the suspect as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the National Guard who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
