弗吉尼亚州枪击案遇难者曾在美军服役,其家族来自巴基斯坦


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警方在枪手在美国弗吉尼亚州诺福克市老 Dominion 大学开枪后封锁了一条入口道路,这是2026年3月12日的视频静态画面。ABC 附属机构 WVEC 提供 / 路透社。购买许可权,打开新标签页

华盛顿,3月13日(路透社) – 周四发生在弗吉尼亚州诺福克市老 Dominion 大学的枪击案中,遇难者曾在美国驻阿富汗和伊拉克的战争中服役,其家族来自巴基斯坦。

以下是关于他的一些细节:

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  • 42岁的布兰登·沙阿中校(Lt. Col. Brandon Shah)是老 Dominion 大学陆军预备役军官训练团(Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)军事科学教授,也是弗吉尼亚州切萨皮克市(Chesapeake)人,他因在枪击事件中遭受枪伤而死亡。
  • 老 Dominion 大学校长布莱恩·亨普希尔(Brian Hemphill)表示:”沙阿中校是老 Dominion 大学备受爱戴和尊敬的领导者。他以关怀的精神和战斗经验亲自指导陆军 ROTC 君主营的学生。”
  • 亨普希尔说,沙阿”即使在生命的最后时刻,也体现了一个尽职尽责的家庭人、受人尊敬的领导者和英勇保护者的本色。”
  • 2003年入伍后,沙阿于2005年进入老 Dominion 大学,2007年获得社会学学士学位,并获得陆军军官委任。
  • 亨普希尔称,作为一名陆军飞行员,沙阿曾驾驶 AH64 阿帕奇直升机在伊拉克和阿富汗执行任务,累计飞行时间超过1200小时,其中600小时是在战斗任务中,驾驶过三种机型。
  • 弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格(Abigail Spanberger)下令,在沙阿的纪念活动中,美国和弗吉尼亚州的国旗将在所有州和地方建筑及场地降半旗。
  • 据 NBC 新闻报道,沙阿的堂兄称,沙阿出生于美国,其父亲移民到美国后,家族来自巴基斯坦。
  • 联邦调查局(FBI)表示,已对周四的枪击事件展开恐怖主义调查,该事件导致沙阿死亡,另有两人受伤。
  • 所有三名受害者均与该校有关联,根据该校网站显示,该校与军方有着密切联系。
  • 枪手也已死亡。

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Deceased victim in Virginia shooting served for US in wars, family came from Pakistan

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WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – The deceased victim in Thursday’s shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, had served for the U.S. in wars in ​Afghanistan and Iraq and came from a family that moved from ‌Pakistan.

Here are some details about him:

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  • Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah, 42, the ODU Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps professor of military science and a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, ​died from gunshot wounds sustained during the shooting.
  • “Lt. Col. Shah was ​a beloved and respected leader at Old Dominion University. He ⁠personally guided students in the Army ROTC Monarch Battalion through his ​caring spirit and combat experience,” Old Dominion University President Brian Hemphill said.
  • Shah “embodied what ​it means to be a devoted family man, a revered leader, and heroic protector even in his final moments,” Hemphill said.
  • After enlisting in the Army in 2003, Shah ​enrolled at Old Dominion University in 2005. He received his Army ​commission and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
  • As an Army pilot, he ‌flew ⁠an AH64 Apache over Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Hemphill, who said Shah logged more than 1,200 hours, 600 of them on combat missions, in three aircraft.
  • Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger said she ordered that the flags ​of the U.S. ​and Virginia be ⁠flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in Shah’s memory.
  • Shah’s cousin was cited by ​NBC News as saying that Shah was born in ​the U.S. ⁠after his father immigrated to the U.S. and that the family came from Pakistan.
  • The FBI said it opened a terrorism investigation into the Thursday shooting ⁠that killed ​Shah and injured two others.
  • All three victims ​were affiliated with the university, which, according to its website, has close ties with the ​military.
  • The shooter was also killed.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington Editing by Rod Nickel

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