{"id":191722,"date":"2026-03-05T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/191722\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:35:22","slug":"austin-bar-shooting-bodycam-due-out-as-da-makes-major-call-about-cops-who-shot-suspected-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/191722\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin bar shooting bodycam due out as DA makes major call about cops who shot suspected terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bodycam video from the Austin<\/a> mass shooting, which is being investigated as a terrorist attack, will be released on Thursday as the county\u2019s liberal district attorney announced he would take no action against the three officers who killed the suspect.<\/p>\n

In a news release on Wednesday, Travis County District Attorney Jos\u00e9 Garza announced no action would be taken against the three police officers who killed 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. Diagne shot and killed three people and left more than a dozen other people injured on Sunday outside a bar in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the Travis County District Attorney\u2019s Office notified the Austin Police Department that it has formally concluded its review of the mass shooting on\u00a06th Street and will take no action against the three officers who stopped the shooting,\u201d the news release stated.<\/p>\n

Under a 2021 policy by Garza\u2019s office, all officer-involved shooting cases were to be presented to a grand jury.<\/p>\n

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Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock told Fox News Digital he wishes Garza would have made the decision to not convene a grand jury much earlier, and said police officers are under constant fear of being targeted by the liberal district attorney.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is APD officers are more afraid of the DA<\/a> targeting them than a gunman shooting at them,\u201d Bullock told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Bullock said it\u2019s the first time Garza hasn\u2019t presented an officer-involved shooting to a grand jury since implementing the policy.<\/p>\n

Doug O\u2019Connell, a criminal defense attorney representing the Austin police officers, told Fox News the 2021 policy was instituted at the direction of the Wren Collective, which is a criminal-justice reform group providing financial support to progressive prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen our current district attorney came into office about six years ago, he instituted this policy at the direction of the Wren Collective, and it\u2019s been in place since that time. Every officer-involved shooting has been presented to the grand jury,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cIt\u2019s not required by law. It is simply a policy decision that he\u2019s instituted at the direction of Wren Collective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bullock said the Wren Collective has recently pushed \u201cto increase the number of indictments against officers which can only be done through grand jury.\u201d<\/p>\n

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National Police Association spokesperson Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith told Fox News Digital that investigations into officer-involved shootings should be internal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA grand jury is basically a secret process and is controlled by the prosecutor. These officers cannot have a defense attorney or a union representative in the grand jury,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe is well known as one of the most anti-police district attorneys in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garza previously called the officers that killed Diagne \u201cheroes.\u201d The shooting happened at Austin\u2019s Buford\u2019s Backyard Beer garden shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran said during a press conference on Sunday that while investigators are still looking for a possible motive, there were \u201cindicators that on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Law enforcement sources told Fox News that the shooter was wearing a sweatshirt that read \u201c<\/a>Property of Allah<\/a>\u201c<\/a> as well as an undershirt with an Iranian flag. The sources said a Quran was also found in Diagne\u2019s car. According to CBS News, Diagne had pictures of Iranian leaders at his home as well as an Iranian flag.<\/p>\n

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Savitha Shan, 21, Ryder Harrington, 19 and Jorge Pederson, 30, were killed in the shooting, authorities said during a Monday press conference.<\/p>\n

Diagne initially entered the United States<\/a> in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security, becoming a lawful permanent resident in 2006 after marrying a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n

On April 5, 2013, Diagne became a naturalized U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said Diagne \u201cput his flashers on, rolled down his window and began using a pistol shooting out of his car windows<\/a>, striking patrons of the bar that were on the patio and that were in front of the bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis said the suspect exited his vehicle and shot at individuals, but didn\u2019t enter the bar.<\/p>\n