A shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, on Sunday has left two people dead and 14 others injured.
The shooter, who has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, is also dead. The gunman had a history of mental illness, according to government sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Police identified the dead as Sabitha Shan and Ryder Harrington, both young adults. A third victim was on life support Monday, and two others were in critical condition.
Investigators are looking into whether Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Senegal, was ideologically motivated and possibly triggered by the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
The shooter was wearing a “Property of Allah” sweatshirt during the attack, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation who were not permitted to speak on the record told MS NOW.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said Sunday that the shooter was in a vehicle that drove multiple times around the block on Austin’s popular Sixth Street before turning flashers on, rolling down a window and shooting at patrons on the patio of Buford’s Bar.
The FBI responded to the incident alongside the Austin Police Department and both are conducting a joint investigation.
“Obviously, it’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators that on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism,” Alex Doran, an FBI special agent with the bureau’s San Antonio field office, said at a Sunday press conference. “Again, it’s still too early to make a determination on that.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting.
In a statement following the shooting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, “Texas mourns with the families and loved ones of those who were horrifically killed in last night’s attack in Austin.”
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