Austin mass shooting: Timeline traces suspect’s rap sheet as terror link probed

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The gunman successful Sunday morning's shooting extracurricular a barroom successful Austin, Texas, had pictures of Iranian leaders wrong his flat arsenic investigators are reviewing grounds that indicates a "potential nexus to terrorism," according to a report.

Ndiaga Diagne, 53, a naturalized U.S. national calved successful Senegal, was identified arsenic the fishy successful Sunday's shooting extracurricular Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden soon earlier 2 a.m., instrumentality enforcement sources told Fox News. According to CBS News, Diagne had pictures of Iranian leaders astatine his location arsenic good arsenic an Iranian flag. Three people, including the suspect, were killed successful the shooting that near an further 14 radical injured, officials said.

Law enforcement sources besides told Fox News that the shooter was wearing a sweatshirt that work "Property of Allah" arsenic good arsenic an undershirt with an Iranian flag. The sources said a Quran was besides recovered successful Diagne's car.

Savitha Shan, 21, and Ryder Harrington, 19, were some killed successful the shooting, authorities said during a Monday property conference.

Austin shooting fishy wearing hoodie referencing Allah and carrying rifle.

A antheral identified by national instrumentality enforcement sources arsenic the gunman successful the Austin shooting that near 3 radical dormant and 14 wounded is seen carrying a firearm and wearing a hoodie referencing "Allah" earlier helium was changeable and killed by police. (Obtained by Fox News)

A representation of Ryder Harrington who was killed successful the early-morning wide shooting on Austin’s Sixth Street. (Instagram/@ttubeta)

Police Chief Lisa Davis said Diagne "put his flashers on, rolled down his model and began utilizing a pistol shooting retired of his car windows, striking patrons of the barroom that were connected the patio and that were successful beforehand of the bar."

Davis said that the fishy exited his conveyance and changeable astatine individuals, but didn't participate the bar.

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Austin barroom shooter's garment with Iran flag.

Ndiaga Diagne, 53, changeable and killed 2 radical and injured 14 others, constabulary said. He was wearing a garment featuring an Iranian flag. (Obtained by Fox News)

FBI Acting Special Agent successful Charge Alex Doran said during a property league connected Sunday that investigators are looking into a motive.

"Obviously, it's inactive mode excessively aboriginal successful the process to find an nonstop motivation," Doran said. "But determination were indicators that connected the taxable and successful his conveyance that bespeak imaginable nexus to terrorism."

Members of the FBI execute and section instrumentality enforcement analyse extracurricular of Buford's bar

Members of the FBI and section instrumentality enforcement analyse extracurricular of Buford's barroom successful downtown connected March 1, 2026, successful Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Retired FBI Supervisory Agent James Gagliano, who was erstwhile connected the agency's counterterror unit, told Fox News Digital the shooting "seems to person each the earmarks of a violent attack."

"Was this idiosyncratic who was an aspirant that saw idiosyncratic other bash this and said, ‘I privation to bash the aforesaid thing?’ Or was this idiosyncratic directed?" Gagliano said. "It intelligibly looks similar a lone wolf benignant of thing, truthful it looks similar an inspired oregon an aspirant, successful my estimation."

Timeline:

March 13, 2000 - Entered U.S.:

Diagne entered the United States successful 2000 connected a B-2 tourer visa.

2001 - Arrested successful New York City:

Diagne was arrested successful 2001 successful New York City for amerciable vending. According to the New York Post, helium besides has 3 different arrests successful the metropolis betwixt 2001 and 2016, but those records are sealed.

June 2006 - Became a lawful imperishable resident:

Diagne became a lawful imperishable nonmigratory aft helium joined a U.S. citizen.

TEXAS COLLEGE STUDENT IDENTIFIED AMONG VICTIMS IN AUSTIN BAR SHOOTING PROBED AS POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK

mugshot-like photograph of Ndiaga Diagne

Austin Police Department released a photograph of Ndiaga Diagne arsenic the fishy tied to Sunday's wide shooting. (Austin Police Department)

April 5, 2013 - Became a naturalized U.S. citizen

Jan. 30, 2016 - Allegedly deed different idiosyncratic with his car:

Diagne allegedly deed a idiosyncratic with his car connected Jan. 30, 2016, according to the New York Post.

The unfortunate claimed she "sustained terrible and imperishable idiosyncratic injuries, became sick, sore, lame and disabled; suffered injuries to her tense system; suffered intelligence anguish, was confined to hospital, furniture and location and may, successful the future, beryllium truthful confined," according to a suit filed against Diagne.

2017 - Diagne obtained firearm utilized successful attack:

The Austin Police Department said successful a quality league that Diagne legally obtained the firearm utilized successful the onslaught portion successful San Antonio.

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