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Governor orders flags at half-staff in Virginia for ROTC instructor killed in ODU shooting
By ARLnow.com and The Associated Press
Published March 13, 2026 at 5:00PM
Updated March 13, 2026 at 5:20PM
U.S. Army photo shows Maj. Brandon Shah, Friday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Illesheim, Germany. (Pfc. Savannah Roy/U.S. Army/DVIDS via AP)
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Virginia flags will fly at half-staff tomorrow (Saturday) in honor of Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the ROTC instructor killed in a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday that the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered flags on all state and local buildings lowered from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, citing Shah’s “decades of devoted and selfless service to his community, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States of America.”
Spanberger earlier called Shah “a devoted ROTC instructor” who “didn’t just lead a life of service to our country, he taught and led others to follow that path.”
Shah, a 42-year-old from Chesapeake, was a professor of military science at ODU’s Army ROTC program. He attended ODU as an ROTC student and returned in 2022 as a leader for the program. In the Army, Shah had flown helicopters over Iraq, Afghanistan and Eastern Europe as a pilot, according to the Associated Press.
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Governor orders flags at half-staff in Virginia for ROTC instructor killed in ODU shooting
By ARLnow.com and The Associated Press
Published March 13, 2026 at 5:00PM
Updated March 13, 2026 at 5:20PM
U.S. Army photo shows Maj. Brandon Shah, Friday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Illesheim, Germany. (Pfc. Savannah Roy/U.S. Army/DVIDS via AP)
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Virginia flags will fly at half-staff tomorrow (Saturday) in honor of Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the ROTC instructor killed in a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday that the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered flags on all state and local buildings lowered from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, citing Shah’s “decades of devoted and selfless service to his community, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States of America.”
Spanberger earlier called Shah “a devoted ROTC instructor” who “didn’t just lead a life of service to our country, he taught and led others to follow that path.”
Shah, a 42-year-old from Chesapeake, was a professor of military science at ODU’s Army ROTC program. He attended ODU as an ROTC student and returned in 2022 as a leader for the program. In the Army, Shah had flown helicopters over Iraq, Afghanistan and Eastern Europe as a pilot, according to the Associated Press.
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