New Delhi, March 3 -- he Savitha Shan, a 21-year-old honours student at the University of Texas at Austin, has been identified as one of three victims killed in a mass shooting on Austin's 6th Street entertainment district, an attack that authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism.

The shooting unfolded shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden, a bar popular with college-age patrons near the university campus. By Monday evening, the Austin Police Department confirmed that three victims - including Shan - had died, alongside the gunman, who was killed by police. Fourteen others were injured, several critically.

Savitha Shan was a senior pursuing a dual degree at the University of Texas at Au...