Army ROTC cadets at Old Dominion University described how their training helped them during a deadly shooting incident, praising Lt. Col. Brandon Shah for his 'heroic' actions in confronting the gunman to protect them.

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, a decorated US Army veteran and Old Dominion University instructor, has been identified as the victim killed after an IS-connected terrorist opened fire inside a classroom, also injuring two others.

ODU shooting investigated as terrorism after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, former ISIS supporter, killed Lt. Col. Brandon Shah before students disarmed him, FBI officials said.