US EditionTexas bar shooting leaves 3 dead and 14 wounded as FBI investigates terrorism possibility
The FBI investigates possible terrorism after the shooting outside Buford's bar left 3 dead, including the gunman, and 14 wounded, with 3 critically injured, officials said.
- On Sunday, March 1, 2026, a shooter at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on Sixth Street killed two and wounded 14, and authorities said he was not on their radar before the attack, as stated Monday by officials.
- Austin Police identified the shooter as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, who legally purchased weapons years ago in San Antonio and entered the U.S. in 2000, becoming a lawful citizen.
- Officers rushed to the intersection and confronted the suspect, who was shot and killed at the scene after firing from his SUV, police said.
- University of Texas at Austin President Jim Davis said members of the Longhorn family were affected, and authorities praised the police response to the Sunday shooting.
- Investigators are poring over thousands of hours of video and more than 150 witnesses amid at least two other high-profile shootings on Sixth Street in the past five years.
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Gunman was not on the FBI's radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say
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Gunman who opened fire on crowded Texas bar was not on FBI radar before attack, authorities say
Federal and city authorities say the gunman who opened fire outside a Texas bar, killing two people and wounding 14 more was not on their radar before the attack.
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