Communities were left reeling from attacks that unfolded less than two hours apart at a Michigan synagogue and Virginia university, 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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