According to an update from the FBI, ROTC students leapt into action and 'subdued' the attacker until he was no longer drawing breath. In other words, they killed him by beating him to death with their bare hands. This was just confirmed.

It seems like a fitting end for the attacker, doesn't it?

NBC News reports:

ROTC students at Old Dominion University subdued and killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 hurt

A former Army National Guard member who had spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State opened fire on a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC students subdued and killed him, authorities said.

He had yelled "Allahu Akbar" before the shooting, which left one person dead and two wounded, according to the FBI.