Old Dominion Shooter Convicted of Terrorism Charges: was released after completing drug treatment program

Of course his name started with the letter "M." Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, the shooter behind the Old Dominion University terrorist attack. And even though he has a conviction for terrorism, a bureaucratic clusterfrack with a drug treatment program ended up in his released from federal prison, according to the AP.

Mo is a naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Sierra Leone (the kind of profile that screams "thorough vetting" these days). He pleaded guilty in October 2016 to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. You know, those kooky kids who burn people alive or remove their body from their head if they aren't religious enough or belong to the "wrong" religion or have no religion at all.

Anyway, Mo got hit with a "dime and a bullet" federal sentence, [that's 11 years for you innocent readers who haven't served hard time]. Somehow the jihadi got transferred to a halfway house in August 2024 and by December, he was a free killer. 

Can I get an Al Lou Akbar?

It's an enigma wrapped in a mystery how Jalloh even qualified for the drug treatment program, which can knock up to a year off a sentence. According to the Bureau of Prisons, scumcrumpets convicted on terrorism charges are straight-up ineligible for such sentence-reducing credits or programs. Ineligible. Full stop.

But hey, rules need to be flexible in order to cover for white guilt. 

If Jalloh had been forced to serve his full time like he should have, he'd still be behind bars instead of roaming free to carry out his murderous rampage. On Thursday, this former National Guard member opened fire in an ODU classroom, killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the head of the university's ROTC program, and he wounding two others. Brave ROTC students subdued and killed him before he could do more damage. 

Surprise, surprise, Jalloh reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" before unleashing hell, per the FBI.

Flash back to 2016: Jalloh got nabbed after spilling to an FBI informant (who he thought was a fellow johadi) that he "thought about conducting an attack all the time, and that he was close to doing so at one point," according to the Department of Justice. He connected with this source via a now-dead ISIS terrorist he met during a six-month jaunt to Africa. Oh, and he quit the National Guard after binging on online lectures from Anwar al-Awlaqi, the late al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula honcho.

The FBI bounced questions to the Bureau of Prisons, which confirmed the early release date. The Justice Department? Crickets on comment requests.

The FBI's Norfolk field office put out a statement Friday afternoon saying agents "are working around the clock" to dig deeper into Jalloh's background and urging the public to cough up any tips. I can't imagine what inspired him to attempt to kill as many non believers as he could. If you have any idea, write it in the comments.

This is the kind of story that makes you wonder how many other terrorism-linked convicts are getting sweetheart deals through loopholes that were supposedly plugged years ago. One dead professor, two wounded, and a campus in chaos, all because someone didn't follow the rules that were meant to keep dangerous people locked up. 

Classic government efficiency or suicidal empathy?

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