FBI: Austin Bar Gunman Who Killed Three Was Lone Actor With No Foreign Terrorist Ties

The FBI released a two-page update of its investigation on May 7, 2026, concluding that the gunman in a downtown Austin mass shooting was a “lone actor” with no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group. Ndiaga Diagne killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on 6th Street in the early morning hours of March 1, 2026.

The 53-year-old drove past the bar before circling back and firing the first shots from his SUV at people on the sidewalk and inside, according to Austin police.

He then parked, got out with a rifle and began shooting at people walking along the street before officers rushed to the intersection and shot him dead. S. and Israeli attack on the country, “culminating in a violent, impulsive attack” at the bar.

Investigators determined Diagne admired Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been killed. His affinity for Iran and its former leader were likely factors in the attack Diagne perpetrated on his own, investigators said. “The investigation to date indicates Diagne was a lone actor,” the report said.

Diagne had never been the subject of an FBI investigation prior to the shooting. “There is no evidence at this time that he was associated with a Foreign Terrorist Organization or that he received any direction, funding, or operational support for his attack,” the report said.

U.S. In 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa. S. citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The bar is located in the city’s popular hub of bars and nightclubs.

Dramatic bodycam video captured the moment police shot the gunman.