{"id":285912,"date":"2026-05-09T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285912\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:50:24","slug":"fbi-probe-finds-austin-bar-shooter-was-lone-actor-in-deadly-march-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285912\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI probe finds Austin bar shooter was ‘lone actor’ in deadly March attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 The gunman who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting<\/a> at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March was a \u201clone actor\u201d and there is no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group, FBI investigators said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The agency released a two-page update of its investigation into the attack on Buford\u2019s Backyard Beer Garden in the early morning hours of March 1 that ended when gunman, Ndiaga Diagne, was killed by police.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran<\/a>. Diagne was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words \u201cProperty of Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite lacking direct evidence of a motive for the shooting, investigators said Diagne was likely triggered into violent behavior by the war against Iran, \u201cculminating in a violent, impulsive attack\u201d at the bar, the report said.<\/p>\n

Investigators determined Diagne admired Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, who had been killed. His affinity for Iran and its former leader were likely factors in the attack Diagne perpetrated on his own, investigators said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation to date indicates Diagne was a lone actor,\u201d the report said. He had never been the subject of an FBI investigation prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n

Diagne, 53, was born in Senegal. He first entered the U.S. in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa and became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a U.S. citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no evidence at this time that he was associated with a Foreign Terrorist Organization or that he received any direction, funding, or operational support for his attack,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

The bar is located in the city\u2019s popular hub of bars and nightclubs. Police said the gunman drove past the bar before circling back<\/a> and firing the first shots from his SUV at people on the sidewalk and inside. He then parked, got out with a rifle and began shooting at people walking along the street before officers rushed to the intersection and shot him.<\/p>\n

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis has said officers arrived within 56 seconds of the first 911 call and killed the shooter after he fired at police.<\/p>\n

Killed in the attack were 21-year-old Savitha Shan, 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and 30-year-old Jorge Pederson.<\/p>\n

The FBI said the investigation into the attack remains open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 The gunman who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[104262,73771,2458,132,134,133,294,490,5603,74938,865,8070,3346,7096,27,1760,74356,1499,6878],"class_list":["post-285912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-2024-2026-mideast-wars","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-assault","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime","tag-general-news","tag-gun-violence","tag-jorge-pederson","tag-law-enforcement","tag-lisa-davis","tag-shootings","tag-terrorism","tag-texas","tag-tx-state-wire","tag-u-s-federal-bureau-of-investigation","tag-u-s-news","tag-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285912","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=285912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}