6th Street shooting suspect: What we know about Ndiaga Diagne
Austin police identified 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne as the suspect in the mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning on West Sixth Street. The attack left three people dead, including the perpetrator, and fourteen wounded.
Diagne, shot dead by police in the act, was a Senegalese national who obtained US citizenship in 2012. At the time of the incident, he was wearing clothes bearing an image of the Iranian flag and the inscription "Property of Allah".
On the same day, investigators searched a house in Pflugerville belonging to the estate of a possible relative of Diagne. Members of the Austin Police Department's SWAT team were observed at the scene before leaving around 12:40 p.m., while agents from the APD, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the FBI remained. Authorities have not disclosed what may have been seized.
Todd Bruder, a neighbor who has lived in the area since 2015, said the family living in the house appeared to be practicing Muslims. One woman wore a hijab, and one of the cars had stickers on its windows referencing Allah. Bruder, a former soldier, said he was astonished, describing the family as quiet and friendly, "like a normal American suburban family."
The shooting, which occurred after a joint US-Israeli airstrike in Iran, began shortly before 2:00 a.m. outside Buford's bar in the 700 block of West Sixth Street. According to Police Chief Lisa Davis, Diagne first drove around the block several times in a large SUV before stopping in front of the bar, activating his hazard lights, and opening fire with a pistol on the patio and surrounding area. He then drove west on Sixth Street, parked on Wood Street, and began walking east, firing an assault rifle at passersby.
Officers already stationed nearby on East Sixth Street intervened within moments after reports of an active shooter and neutralized Diagne at an intersection of that thoroughfare.
At sunrise, this usually busy stretch of West Sixth Street had transformed into a vast crime scene, where investigators were collecting shell casings, searching for CCTV footage and interviewing witnesses who had fled the shooting.
The FBI's Joint Counterterrorism Task Force joined the investigation in the early hours because of what one official described as a "potential link to terrorism." At a press briefing Sunday morning, FBI official Alex Doran said it was "far too early to determine motive," but that evidence found on the shooter and in his vehicle suggested a possible connection to extremism.
The authorities did not provide details on the nature of the items seized or any possible affiliations of Diagne, stressing that the investigation was actively continuing.
source: The Austin American-Statesman
https://www.statesman.com/news/crime/article/ndiaga-diagne-austin-shooting-suspect-21948958.php
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