SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Field Office issued the following press release:
The FBI San Antonio Division continues to investigate the mass shooting that occurred outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden located at 700 W 6th St., Austin, Texas during the early morning hours of March 1, 2026, that resulted in the tragic deaths of three victims and injuries to 15 others. The shooter, Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old born in Senegal and living in Austin, Texas, died from wounds sustained during an exchange of gunfire with Austin Police Department officers who responded to the scene.
In April 2013, Diagne became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He legally purchased a handgun in...