Virginia, March 13 -- Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah, a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) instructor at Old Dominion University, was killed after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom on the university's campus in Norfolk, Virginia, prompting a large police response and forcing students and staff to shelter in place, WTKR News reported.

The shooting occurred on March 12 inside Constant Hall, a building that houses several academic classrooms. Authorities told WTKR News that the attacker entered a classroom where an ROTC session was underway and opened fire, killing Shah and injuring two cadets before the suspect was subdued.

Officials identified the suspect as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard wh...