Independent report calls for campus safety overhaul at Old Dominion University after fatal shooting

By: Nathaniel Cline

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 407

Last Updated: 6 days, 4 hours ago

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An independent firm recommended Old Dominion University improve campus safety, threat assessment, emergency response, communications, and institutional processes in a report released Tuesday, after a fatal campus shooting killed an employee and injured multiple students in May.

The report comes as the university prepares to welcome students back to Norfolk on Aug. 24, three months after Lt. Col. Brandon A. Shah died and several students were attacked by Mohamed Bailor Jalloh at Constant Hall, one …

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