Austin 6th Street shooting: Police identify 2 killed

AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department gave an update Monday on the investigation into a deadly shooting at a downtown Austin bar over the weekend.

Three people, including the gunman, were killed in the early Sunday morning shooting at Buford's; 14 others were injured.

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Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis spoke from Austin Police Headquarters.

Davis identified the two people killed by the gunman as 21-year-old Savitha Shan and 19-year-old Ryder Harrington.

Davis said that a person who was critically injured in the shooting is expected to be taken off life support and two others are still critical. Kelson Li, who previously spoke with FOX 7 Austin's Meredith Aldis about the incident, identified the man on life support as his coworker Jorge Pederson.

Davis added that the guns used in the shooting were legally purchased in 2017. The gunman was also not on APD or the FBI's radar, according to law enforcement. 

Davis and the FBI say that it is still in the early hours of the investigation and that authorities are pouring over massive amounts of physical and digital evidence.

What's next:

Davis says that this shooting is not expected to impact security plans for the upcoming SXSW festival or other spring events. 

APD will also be releasing more information in the coming days about the gunman's criminal history and the officer-involved shooting aspect of the case.

What you can do:

Anyone with video, photos or visual evidence of the shooting is asked to upload it to APD via the below QR code:

Anyone in need of help in connection with this incident can contact APD's Victim Services at 512-974-5037.

Deadly Austin 6th Street shooting

The backstory:

Three people, including the gunman, were killed, and 14 others were wounded in a mass shooting outside a bar in Austin's bustling Sixth Street entertainment district early Sunday morning that authorities said may have ties to terrorism.

It began with a call to police around 1:40 a.m. about a man shooting at Buford's. When police arrived at the scene, they confronted a man with a gun and "returned fire, killing the suspect," said Austin police chief Lisa Davis Sunday.

The gunman has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized US citizen born in Senegal who lived in Pflugerville. He was reportedly caught in images wearing a sweatshirt that read "Property of Allah" and had been wearing a T-shirt underneath with an Iranian flag on it.

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Davis said that the gunman had two weapons during the shooting, but never entered the bar; instead he drove by, fired outside the window with a pistol, then parked his vehicle nearby and got out with a rifle.

Davis said an explosives team was called in to evaluate the gunman's vehicle after investigators found concerning items inside. No bombs were found, however.