The man suspected of killing two people and injuring 14 others when he opened fire on patrons outside a bar in Austin, Texas, early Sunday had a history of mental illness, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News.
Ndiaga Diagne, 53, was a Senegalese national and naturalized U.S. citizen living in Pflugerville, according to four law enforcement officials.
At the time of the shooting, he wore a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah” and a shirt underneath with an Iranian-flag theme, the sources said.
Officers shot and killed him shortly after the rampage, according to police.
Authorities said they were still working to determine a possible motive for the attack, including whether it was an act of terrorism. Diagne appears to have been a lone actor with no state ties, according to sources who emphasized that the investigation is in its preliminary stages.
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A Homeland Security official told NBC News that Diagne first entered the U.S. entered on March 13, 2000, on a B-2 tourist visa. He became a lawful permanent resident in 2006 based on marriage to a U.S. citizen and a naturalized citizen in 2013, the official said. He was arrested in 2022 in Texas for a collision with vehicle damage, the official said.
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The violence took revelers outside Buford’s, a popular beer garden in downtown Austin, by surprise. A video recorded by a bystander appears to capture bursts of gunfire as people shout “Oh, my God” and crouch to hide. Another video shows people who appear to be injured lying on the ground under the bar’s string lights, drinks strewn around them, as sirens wail.
The gunman may have circled the bar several times in an SUV before he opened fire, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis 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.
The gunman then parked the car and walked out with a rifle, shooting some people who were walking by, Davis said. As he walked along West Sixth Street, Davis said, officers encountered and shot him.
Buford’s is in downtown Austin, just 2 miles from the heart of the city’s University of Texas campus and less than a mile from the Texas Capitol building.
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