What to know about the attacks at Old Dominion University and a synagogue in Michigan

Photo: Old Dominion University at night – May 21, 2017. Photo credit: Bill Smith via Flickr. CC BY 2.0 Article by Associated Press. PBS – Mar 14, 2026.

Communities were left reeling from attacks that unfolded less than two hours apart at a Michigan synagogue and at Old Dominion University in Virginia, violence that officials said would have been bloodier without intervention from residents. In Virginia, a former Army National Guard member who served years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State opened fire Thursday on a classroom at Old Dominion University, killing one person and wounding two others. ROTC students subdued and killed him, authorities said. […]

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