NORFOLK, Va. (AP) \u2014 A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University, federal authorities said.<\/p>\n
The charges come a day after the attack by Jalloh, who had previously spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid<\/a> the Islamic State group. Authorities say Jalloh yelled \u201cAllahu akbar\u201d before opening fire in a classroom<\/a> at the Virginia school and being killed by ROTC students. <\/p>\n The shooting happened in a class attended by active duty servicemembers and ROTC students, according to court papers. Jalloh twice asked those in the room to confirm that it was an ROTC event before he began to shoot, the document says. Jalloh was taking online classes at the university at the time of the shooting. <\/p>\n ROTC students receive a scholarship to attend college while training to become commissioned officers in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n Shooter told colleague he needed a gun for protection<\/p>\n The man charged Friday, Kenya Chapman, told federal agents in an interview that he stole the gun from a car in Newport News, Virginia, about a year before the shooting and recently sold it to Jalloh, according to an affidavit filed in court. Chapman said he met Jalloh at work and that Jalloh told him he needed the gun for protection as a delivery driver, the affidavit says. <\/p>\n Chapman said he knew Jalloh had spent some time behind bars but denied knowing he had a previous felony conviction, which made it illegal for Jalloh to possess a firearm. He told agents he had no idea Jalloh would commit the attack, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n Chapman is charged with making a false statement during a firearm purchase and engaging in the business of firearms dealing without a license. Chapman\u2019s attorneys declined to comment Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cChapman allegedly stole a firearm and illegally sold it to a convicted terrorist, who murdered a decorated American veteran, and he will finally face the full weight of justice,\u201d U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a social media post. <\/p>\n The gun\u2019s serial number was partially obliterated, complicating authorities\u2019 efforts to trace the firearm. But authorities ultimately found Chapman through phone records showing multiple calls between him and Jalloh in the week prior to the shooting, according to the affidavit. <\/p>\n Federal authorities had previously investigated Chapman in 2021 for straw purchases, when someone buys a gun for a person who can\u2019t get it legally themselves. He was issued a \u201cstraw purchaser warning letter\u201d and he wrote a letter of apology after admitting to the straw purchases in 2021, according to the document. <\/p>\n The case was presented to the U.S. attorney at the time but the office declined to prosecute, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n Shooter was released early from federal prison<\/p>\n