ODU Sets Weekend Memorials for Lt. Col. Brandon Shah as Students Prepare to Return Under FBI Probe
The university is centering mental-health support for students returning after the attack.
Overview
- A public viewing is scheduled Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Presidential Funeral Services on High Street, with a celebration of life Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Chartway Arena.
- Classes resume Monday after spring break, with ODU expanding counseling, crisis-response teams, care stations and therapy dogs, and more than 150 students already seeking support.
- The FBI continues a terrorism-related investigation into the March 12 attack that killed ROTC instructor Lt. Col. Brandon Shah and wounded two, after students subdued and killed the gunman.
- Federal prosecutors say the Glock 44 used in the shooting was stolen, had a partially altered serial number, and was sold to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh for $100.
- Kenya Chapman of Smithfield is accused of selling the weapon and faces federal firearms charges, with a preliminary hearing scheduled Thursday.