Did the mass shooting outside a bar in Austin, Texas on Sunday have ties to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into it, people familiar with the investigation told Bloomberg .
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Three people were killed and 14 were wounded after a gunman opened fire early Sunday in Austin’s downtown entertainment district.
Police shot and killed the suspect after a confrontation near the scene, authorities said.
The shooting details
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the shooting began at 1:58 a.m. when a large SUV circled the block several times near Buford’s bar. The SUV driver rolled down his window and opened fire with a pistol at patrons on the bar’s patio and sidewalk.
Authorities said the suspect then drove west, parked and exited the vehicle with a rifle and continued to shoot at people walking nearby. Police officers, who were already in the area as part of routine patrols, responded within 55 seconds and found the shooter at an intersection, where they shot him.
Quran found in vehicle
A Quran was reportedly found in the suspect’s vehicle and he was wearing a hoodie bearing the words “Property of Allah” on it.
Alex Dorne, acting special agent from the FBI’s San Antonio field office, said investigators found “indicators on the subject and in his vehicle” pointing to a “potential nexus to terrorism,” per Bloomberg. Dorne said it was too early to determine a motive.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in the investigation.
Originally from Senegal
The gunman has been identified as 52-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, who has originally from Senegal and has been in the U.S. since 2000.
Diagne previously lived in New York and was a naturalized U.S. citizen, Bloomberg reported. The suspect reportedly had a documented history of mental illness.
Evidence and background information are being investigated as authorities work to determine whether the shooting attack was ideologically motivated.