Gunman was not on the FBI's radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say

Описание: (2 Mar 2026)
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Austin, Texas - 2 March 2026
1. Exterior of bar
2. Low of flowers left at scene of shooting
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief Lisa Davis, Austin Police Department:
"We are still in the early hours of this investigation. This is a complicated and large crime scene. Our priority is finding answers and the motives behind this crime. We reached out to our federal partners to assist in this resource intensive scene and to address concerns of potential terrorism. We are working in tandem with the FBI conducting numerous interviews and gathering evidence. If you can imagine, we have over 150 witnesses to this event that we are working with and we are also investigating an officer-involved shooting."
4. Exterior of bar
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief Lisa Davis, Austin Police Department:
"We have not, at the Austin Police Department, no."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Doran, FBI:
"No, he was not previously on our radar."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief Lisa Davis, Austin Police Department:
"The guns were required legally, I believe in 2017 out of San Antonio. They were purchased."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Doran, FBI:
"Our ultimate goal and everything we do is to determine the motive, right? We're looking for connections that he possibly had, witnesses, as the chief had mentioned. We are pouring through thousands of hours of video. We have massive amounts of both digital and physical evidence. Any declarations on what led to that motive would be premature. We want to make sure that we have our facts 100% correct, or at least we've tracked down every possible lead that we can."
9. Mid of a security camera
10. Pan left of the bar exterior area
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STORYLINE:
The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was not on the radar of authorities before the shooting, federal and local investigators said Monday.

Both the FBI and police in Austin said Monday that it’s too soon to identify the motive behind the mass shooting early Sunday that the FBI has said is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism, coming after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran.

“Our ultimate goal in everything we do is to determine the motive,” Alex Doran, the acting agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio office, said during a news conference.

Police identified the gunman as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. He was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and bearing the words “Property of Allah” during the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Investigators are poring over thousands of hours of video and police said there are more than 150 witnesses to interview. “We are still in the early hours of this investigation,” said Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.

The gunman legally bought the weapons used in the attack several years ago in San Antonio, Davis said.

Harrington was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Texas Tech University, his fraternity said in an Instagram post.

Diagne was originally from Senegal, according to multiple people briefed on the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.

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.

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