Overview
- Police say the attacker fired a pistol from an SUV, then exited with a rifle and continued shooting outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden shortly before 2 a.m.
- Responding Austin officers engaged the gunman within about a minute of the first call and fatally shot him at the scene.
- Three people were found dead at the location, with 14 others taken to hospitals and three listed in critical condition, according to emergency officials.
- The FBI said indicators tied to the suspect and his vehicle prompted a terrorism inquiry, though investigators cautioned that motive has not been determined.
- AP, citing anonymous sources, identified the suspect as Ndiaga Diagne, 53, reportedly of Senegalese origin, a name not confirmed by police, with separate reports describing apparel reading “Property of Allah” and a shirt bearing an Iranian-flag design.