Catch and Release Judges: Convicted ISIS Supporter Released Early from Prison Uses Gun Bought from Another Leniently Treated Criminal to Murder ROTC Student at Old Dominion University

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was supposed to be locked away for trying to help ISIS carry out attacks on American soil.

Instead, the federal system let him out early in December 2024 after he completed a drug treatment program. Less than 15 months later, on March 12, 2026, Jalloh walked into an Army ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, opened fire while yelling “Allahu Akbar,” killed the instructor, and wounded two others before ROTC cadets heroically subdued and killed him.

The gun he used? Sold to him days earlier by Kenya Mcchell Chapman, a man with his own criminal history who was able to illegally traffic firearms because the system had repeatedly given him passes as well.

This is Catch and Release Judges in its purest, deadliest form: A known terrorist is turned loose on the public, supplied with a weapon by another criminal who should have been behind bars, and innocent Americans pay the price with their lives.

The Shooter: Early Release Despite Terrorism Conviction

Jalloh was convicted in 2016 of attempting to provide material support to ISIS. He had tried to buy an AK-47, sent money and gift cards to undercover FBI agents posing as ISIS members, and openly talked about carrying out attacks similar to Fort Hood and Chattanooga. A federal judge sentenced him to 11 years in prison.

He was released early, far earlier than the public had any right to expect for someone who pledged allegiance to a terrorist organization at war with the United States.

Once free, he obtained a stolen handgun with an obliterated serial number from Chapman and used it to carry out the massacre at ODU.

The Gun Seller: Another Product of the Same Broken System

Chapman himself was no angel. Federal prosecutors charged him with dealing in firearms without a license and making false statements during gun purchases. He allegedly stole the weapon from a car in Newport News about a year before the shooting and sold it directly to Jalloh.

The fact that someone with prior criminal involvement was able to traffic guns on the street without serious consequences is the direct result of the same lenient “reform” policies that gave Jalloh an early exit from prison.

This is how Catch and Release works in practice: One criminal is released early, another is allowed to operate in the shadows, and together they create a tragedy that never should have happened.

The Human Cost: An ROTC Student Dead, Families Destroyed

The victim killed in the classroom was an American patriot who had dedicated his life to this country and training the next generation. Two others were wounded. ROTC cadets had to take down the shooter themselves because the system that was supposed to keep terrorists off the street had failed completely.

This is not a random tragedy. It is the predictable outcome of a justice system that treats national security threats and violent felons with kid gloves while law-abiding citizens and their families bear the consequences.

Virginia and the federal government now have blood on their hands because they chose “rehabilitation” and early release over keeping dangerous people locked up. Mohamed Bailor Jalloh should never have been on the street. The man who armed him should never have been free to sell guns.

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How many more Americans have to die before we stop letting terrorists and their suppliers walk free?

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice, Fox News, NBC News, AP, and March 2026 reports.