Federal and local authorities are reviewing evidence of a “potential nexus to terrorism” after a gunman opened fire outside a bar in downtown Austin, Texas, on Sunday, killing three people and injuring over a dozen others.
Authorities identified the shooter as Ndiaga Diagne, 53, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Senegal. He arrived in the U.S. on March 13, 2000, on a B‑2 tourist visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security, and married a U.S. citizen in 2006, thereby obtaining permanent residence.
Diagne carried out the attack at around 2 a.m. Central time outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden and was later killed by the police.
According to ABC News affiliate KVUE, the third victim of the mass shooting, 30-year-old Jorge Pederson, was removed from life support on Monday. The two other victims killed during the attack were identified as 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and 21-year-old Savitha Shan.
Investigators are reviewing statements from around 150 witnesses and are attempting to determine a motive for the mass shooting, KVUE reported.
Here are three things to know about the Austin shooting suspect and his potential motive.
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