
Suspect identified in Texas bar shooting that left 2 dead, 14 injured
NBC News
The gunman who killed two people and injured 14 others after opening fire on patrons outside an Austin bar early Sunday has been identified as a 53-year-old man, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News
The gunman who killed two people and injured 14 others after opening fire on patrons outside an Austin bar early Sunday has been identified as a 53-year-old man, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Buford’s bar, a popular beer garden downtown, at about 1:58 a.m., according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis. The early investigation shows that a suspect circled the block around the bar several times in an SUV before the shooting, she said at a news conference.
Four sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspect as Ndiaga Diagne to NBC News. Diagne is a 53-year-old naturalized citizen from Senegal who was in the U.S. for 15 years.
“At one point, he put his flashers on, pulled down his window and began using a pistol, shooting out of his car windows, striking patrons of the bar that were on the patio, and out in front of the bar,” Davis said.
The suspect then parked the car and walked out with a rifle, shooting some people who were walking by, Davis said. As he walked along West Sixth Street, Davis said, officers encountered the suspect.













