Professor killed at Old Dominion University was retired Army officer remembered as 'true hero'
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The man killed in a deadly shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia was identified by the school as Lt. Col Brandon Shah, a retired Army officer and professor of military science at the school.
The man who was killed in Thursday's deadly shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia was identified by the school as Lt. Col Brandon Shah, a retired Army officer and professor of military science at the school.
Police said a gunman opened fire in a campus building around 10:40 a.m., killing Shah and injuring two others. It is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the FBI said. The gunman was also killed.
Old Dominion University President Brian O. Hemphill identified Shah in a tribute message posted on the school's website, describing him as "a dedicated Monarch, public servant, and true hero."
Shah was a native Virginian from Staunton who enlisted in the army in 2003 as an aviation operations specialist and graduated from ODU in 2007, according to Hemphill.
"He fulfilled his dream to be an Army pilot, flying an AH64 Apache over Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe during Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Atlantic Resolve," said Hemphill. "Lt. Col. Shah logged more than 1,200 hours, 600 of them on combat missions, in three aircraft. In his last position before joining Old Dominion University, he served as Director of Operations for the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade in Savannah, Georgia, where he oversaw day-to-day operations, training, modernization and long-range plans."
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The man killed in a deadly shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia was identified by the school as Lt. Col Brandon Shah, a retired Army officer and professor of military science at the school.
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