Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion shooter
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Justice Department charges man with selling stolen gun used in Old Dominion University shooting.
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The Justice Department charged a man Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Army National Guard member who used the weapon in a shooting at Old Dominion University. Jalloh killed one person and wounded two others in the attack. The gun sale charge represents federal authorities' effort to prosecute those who enabled the campus shooting. The case targets the illegal firearms transaction that provided Jalloh with the weapon used in the university violence.
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Federal authorities are prosecuting the illegal firearms transaction that provided the weapon for the shooting.
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