Mass shooting in Austin, Texas kills 3; shooter identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne

A man who killed three people and wounded 14 others at a packed Austin bar last night was a former New York City resident possibly motivated by the US attacks on Iran, law-enforcement sources say.

The Texas shooter has been identified as Ndiaga Diagne, 53, a US citizen originally from Senegal who was naturalized in 2013 and applied for asylum in 2016.

Diagne had a Quran in his car and clothing described as Islamic garb when he opened fire on Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas-Austin campus, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

He was described as wearing a shirt that said “Property of Allah” on it, as well as an undershirt with an Iranian flag.

The gunman had a history of arrests in New York City and Texas. He is believed to have lived in the Big Apple for years, arriving in 2000 and then racking up a string of arrests between 2001 to 2016, sources said.

He later lived in Pflugerville, Texas.

He was arrested in 2001 for illegal vending. His other three city busts are sealed, sources said.

“Obviously it’s still way too early in the process to determine the exact motivation but there were indicators on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism,” said Alex Doran, acting Special Agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio office, to reporters.

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