Ndiaga Diagne id as Buford Bar, Austin, Texas mass shooting suspect who may have been Islam terrorist responding to U.S strike on Iran seen wearing Iranian flag & ‘Property of Allah’ sweatshirt. Shooter hails from Senegal.
A gunman wearing a ‘Property of Allah’ shirt who opened fire on an, Austin, Texas bar early Sunday morning, killing two & injuring fourteen may have been an Islamic terrorist motivated by the US strikes on Iran, police have said.
Two people were shot dead and 14 more were wounded at a packed-out Buford bar on West Sixth street in Austin just on 2.am, Sunday, before officers killed the attacker in return fire.
Ndiaga Diagne, 53, an ex-New York City resident and US citizen originally from Senegal was identified as the suspect Buford Austin bar shooter. Diagne was naturalized as a US citizen in 2013 along with having applied for asylum in 2016.
BREAKING: Photo shows the Senegalese Austin mass shooter wearing a shirt that reads “PROPERTY OF ALLAH.”
Ndiaga Diagne, 53, is a U.S. citizen originally from Senegal who was naturalized in 2013 and applied for asylum in 2016
Diagne had a Quran in his car
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Was Buford bar shooter terrorist related?
FBI officials told a press conference the gunman had materials that ‘were indications of a potential nexus to terrorism‘.
He was found to have a Quran in his car, wore ‘Islamic’ clothing when he opened fire on the bar, and may have been motivated by US strikes in Iran.
Diagne was wearing a shirt reading ‘Property of Allah’, and according to Associated Press he was possibly wearing an undershirt or t-shirt that had an Iranian flag or Iranian representations on it.
The suspect also has a history of arrests in Texas, and is believed to have lived in NYC from 2000 to 2008. At the time of the shooting, Diagne lived in Pflugerville, Texas.
Was Ndiaga Diagne responding to US strike on Iran?
The horror unfolded at Buford’s bar on West Sixth Street in Austin’s Entertainment District just before 2am on Sunday, according to officials.
Authorities said the suspect drove a large SUV around the block multiple times, activated hazard flashers, rolled down a window, and fired a handgun toward people on Buford’s patio. The suspect then parked on Wood Street, exited with a rifle, and continued to fire while walking eastbound until officers reached an intersection and shot him, officials said.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the gunman never entered the bar, but fired at patrons from the street with a handgun and a rifle.
A total of 17 people were shot in the spree – 14 were injured and taken to hospital, while three were pronounced dead at the scene, including the gunman. Three of those hospitalized remain in critical condition.
JUST IN: The suspect in the early Sunday morning mass shooting outside Buford’s Bar in downtown Austin, Texas, has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Senegal residing in Pflugerville, Texas. The FBI is investigating the incident for a… pic.twitter.com/JzpDZR2PRv
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Threats of terror cell retaliation amid Iran strike
Footage shared on social media showed party-goers crouching in fear inside the bar as police arrived on the scene, before several more gunshots rang out – indicating the gunman opened fire again as law enforcement arrived before they were shot dead.
Patrons were seen in videos tending to the wounded with police officers, as victims screamed in pain.
Davis described the shooting as a ‘tragic, tragic incident’, and praised the bravery of responding officers who were ‘faced with an individual with a gun.’
The potential terror link comes as the shooting took place just hours after the US led strikes against Iran, which officials warned heightened the threat that a terror cell could retaliate.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting, and said in the same statement that he has spoken with several Middle Eastern leaders on Sunday.
‘Today, President Trump has spoken with the leaders of Israel, Bahrain, and the UAE. The President has also been briefed on the shooting in Austin, Texas,‘ Leavitt wrote on X.
‘Following the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the strikes on Saturday, Iranian officials vowed to seek revenge against the US.’
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson also said he was ‘very thankful for the speed with which our public safety officials responded to this… I don’t think there’s any question that it saved lives.’
The identities of the victims have not been shared.
The motive behind the shooting on Sunday morning has not been confirmed by the FBI.
