{"id":188474,"date":"2026-03-03T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188474\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:39:11","slug":"a-third-victim-has-died-from-the-bufords-shooting-austin-police-say-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188474\/","title":{"rendered":"A third victim has died from the Buford\u2019s shooting, Austin Police say \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\"BothBoth APD and the FBI said the suspect was not on their radar before the shooting. (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n

Austin Police have identified three people killed<\/a> in Sunday\u2019s shooting at a bar on West Sixth Street as investigators said they were still working to determine why the shooter opened fire.<\/p>\n

The shooting at Buford\u2019s bar early Sunday left four dead, including the suspected shooter, and as many as 13 others wounded. At a news conference on Monday, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis named two victims: 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and 21-year-old Savitha Shan.<\/p>\n

Late Monday, APD released the name of a third victim who has died: 30-year-old Jorge Pederson. Davis had stated earlier at the press conference that a person hospitalized from the shooting was expected to be taken off life support later that day.<\/p>\n

Before APD updated on Pederson\u2019s condition, Austin-Travis County EMS had said 14 people were hospitalized and three of those victims were in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Police identified 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne<\/a> as the man who allegedly fired into the bar from a vehicle before exiting the car and shooting into crowds near the popular bar. Officers responded within a minute of receiving the first 911 call, police said, and fatally shot Diagne early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

In a news conference Monday, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the speed of the city\u2019s first responders, but he also praised the people of Austin for supporting one another amid a traumatic event.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn evidence tag is shown above part of a wall damaged from the shooting on West Sixth Street. (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to also say how proud I am and how the people that are this city have reacted with such great compassion,\u201d Watson said. \u201cWe\u2019re all mourning together and grieving as a group, but we\u2019re seeing tremendous compassion and love coming out of the people of Austin.\u201d<\/p>\n

APD is investigating the incident along with the FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Chief Davis said Monday that Diagne was wearing a shirt related to Iran.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned against potential attacks stemming from U.S. actions in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo anyone who thinks about using the current conflict in the Middle East to threaten Texans or our critical infrastructure, understand this clearly: Texas will respond with decisive and overwhelming force to protect our state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Both APD and the FBI said Diagne was not on their radar before the shooting, but stopped short of saying whether the incident met the definition of terrorism.<\/p>\n

FBI Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran called it an act of \u201ctargeted violence,\u201d but that investigators had not yet found an \u201cultimate motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always very difficult to determine what\u2019s in an individual\u2019s mind that leads them to commit this type of violence,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we will continue to \u2026 pore through the evidence, talk to witnesses, talk to friends, talk to associates that knew this person.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed to KUT News that Diagne is originally from Senegal and first came to the U.S. in 2000, when he entered on a tourist visa. He was married in 2006 and was naturalized in 2013, according to DHS. The department also noted that Diagne was arrested in 2022 in Texas following a car crash.<\/p>\n

\"LawLaw enforcement officers search a car at a residence in Pflugerville connected to the suspected shooter. (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n

Diagne\u2019s Texas driver\u2019s license lists his home address in Pflugerville at a residential property searched by police Sunday. The vehicle seen at the crime scene outside Buford\u2019s matches the make and model of a Cadillac SUV registered to Diagne in 2017. That vehicle was registered to a San Antonio address along with another vehicle that was owned by Diagne\u2019s ex-wife, who filed for divorce in Bexar County in 2022, according to court records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police have not identified additional victims who sustained injuries.<\/p>\n

In a statement, UT Austin president Jim Davis acknowledged the death of Shan, calling her a \u201cLonghorn preparing to change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is devastating, and I know all of us are grieved by this horrible news and we will remember her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Davis also said a \u201cnumber\u201d of students were injured in the shooting and offered the university\u2019s \u201cfull support\u201d for those who are recovering.<\/p>\n

\"FlowersFlowers sit on the sidewalk outside Buford\u2019s the day following the shooting. (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n

After makeshift memorials cropped up outside the bar Monday morning, Buford\u2019s owners released its first statement after the shooting, extending condolences to victims and their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo words can adequately express the sorrow we feel for those who lost loved ones or were injured,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThese were young people with their whole lives ahead of them, and our thoughts and prayers are with every family impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Monday\u2019s 1 p.m. police news conference below:<\/p>\n

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