According to police, the suspect had driven a large SUV around the block in that area several times. At one point he put his flashers on, rolled down his window and began using a pistol, shooting out of his car window and striking patrons on the Buford’s patio and in front of the bar.
At least three people were killed and 14 others injured in a shooting at an Austin bar early Sunday that is being investigated for possible terrorism ties, authorities said
Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Buford’s bar, a popular beer garden downtown, at about 1:58 a.m., according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis. The early investigation shows that a suspect circled the block around the bar several times in an SUV before the shooting, she said at a news conference.
“At one point, he put his flashers on, pulled down his window and began using a pistol shooting out of his car windows, striking patrons of the bar that were on the patio, and out in front of the bar,” Davis said.
BREAKING: New video captures the moment the gunman, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, opened fire at an Austin, Texas bar early Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring 14 others. pic.twitter.com/Ic3VZv7PjE
— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) March 1, 2026
JUST IN: The Austin, Texas shooter has been identified as 53-year-old immigrant from Senegal, Ndiaga Diagne, according to the New York Post.
The alleged shooter had a Quran in his vehicle and was allegedly wearing a shirt that read: “Property of Allah.”
“Sources said he was… pic.twitter.com/TfXdE7Occb
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 1, 2026
The alleged shooter had a Quran in his vehicle and was allegedly wearing a shirt that read: “Property of Allah.”
“Sources said he was possibly also wearing an undershirt featuring the Iranian flag or other Iranian symbols,” the Post reported.
“Obviously it’s still way too early in the process to determine the exact motivation but there were indicators on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism,” said acting Special Agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio office, Alex Doran.
🚨 BREAKING: A photo of the Senegalese Austin mass shooter wearing a “PROPERTY OF ALLAH” shirt has been obtained by @BillMelugin_
Democrats have let MILLIONS of third world islamists into our country, and we have NO CLUE where they are or when they’ll strike
INFURIATING pic.twitter.com/0Kx5mVoopq
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 1, 2026
Two people were killed and 14 others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a packed bar in downtown Austin early Sunday — and the FBI is now probing the shooting as potential terrorism. The shooter was killed minutes after the carnage by responding cops. pic.twitter.com/D8EbrkT04y
— New York Post (@nypost) March 1, 2026