Two Dead, Fourteen Wounded as Gunman Opens Fire Outside Austin Bar — FBI Investigates Terrorism Link
A gunman opened fire on patrons outside Buford's bar in Austin's Sixth Street entertainment district early Sunday, killing two and wounding fourteen. The suspect, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, 53, was killed by police. The FBI is investigating a potential terrorism link to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran announced hours before the attack.
The Saturday night crowds outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street had no warning. Just before 2 a.m., a large SUV that had been circling the block slowed, its hazard lights flickering on. The window came down. And then the shooting started.
Two people are dead. Fourteen others were wounded — three of them critically — after a gunman opened fire on patrons gathered outside one of Austin's most popular bar district venues early Sunday morning. The suspected shooter, identified by Austin police as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalised US citizen originally from Senegal, was killed by officers at the scene. The FBI has since confirmed it is investigating the attack as a potential act of terrorism, with investigators working to determine whether the assault was connected to the US and Israeli military strikes on Iran that were announced less than 24 hours earlier.
The city is shaken. The questions are serious. And as of Sunday evening, very little has been definitively established.
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