{"id":185890,"date":"2026-03-01T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185890\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:44:13","slug":"3-killed-in-austin-bar-shooting-fbi-probes-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185890\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed in Austin bar shooting, FBI probes Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gunman opened fire outside a bar in Austin, Texas<\/a>, early Sunday, killing three people and wounding 14 in what the FBI<\/a> is investigating as a potential act of terrorism, including a possible Islamist motive linked to the US military campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. in the city\u2019s Sixth Street entertainment district, outside Buford\u2019s Backyard Beer Garden. Police said officers shot and killed the suspect within minutes of the first emergency call.<\/p>\n

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Bar shooting investigated as suspected Islamist terror attack <\/p>\n

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Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the gunman drove past the bar several times before stopping and firing a handgun from his SUV at people on the patio and in front of the venue. He then parked, exited the vehicle with a rifle and began shooting at pedestrians before officers confronted and killed him.<\/p>\n

Fourteen people were wounded, including three who were critically injured. Authorities later said the death toll had risen to three. Inside the multi-story bar, overturned tables and abandoned drinks testified to the panic as customers fled.<\/p>\n

The FBI said it is investigating the shooting as a possible act of terrorism because of \u201cindicators\u201d found on the suspect and in his vehicle. \u201cIt\u2019s still too early to make a determination,\u201d said Alex Doran, acting special agent in charge of the FBI\u2019s San Antonio office.<\/p>\n

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Security forces at the scene of the shooting today as the investigation continues <\/p>\n

(Photo: Brandon Bell\/Getty Images\/AFP)<\/p>\n

According to reports in the New York Post citing law enforcement sources, a Quran was found in the suspect\u2019s vehicle and he was wearing Islamic attire during the attack. The suspect, whose name has not been released, is described as a US citizen who immigrated from Senegal and had a prior arrest history in Texas. Investigators are examining whether he was motivated by anger over recent US strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not publicly confirmed those details or established a direct link to Iran.<\/p>\n

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the rapid police response, saying officers likely prevented further casualties. The district typically has a heavy police presence on weekends.<\/p>\n

The shooting comes amid heightened tensions following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which have raised concerns among federal authorities about possible retaliatory or copycat attacks on American soil.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident early Sunday, nine people were wounded in a shooting at a nightclub and concert venue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Police there said none of the injuries were life-threatening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gunman opened fire outside a bar in Austin, Texas, early Sunday, killing three people and wounding 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-185890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}