{"id":380,"date":"2026-05-07T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:01:09","slug":"gunman-in-austin-6th-street-mass-shooting-admired-iran-leader-killed-in-us-strikes-fbi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Gunman in Austin 6th Street mass shooting \u2018admired\u2019 Iran leader killed in US strikes, FBI says"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>No evidence has been found that the gunman who committed a mass shooting along Austin\u2019s Sixth Street on March 1 had been radicalized, according to the FBI.<\/p>

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What we know:<\/p>

In an update about the investigation released Thursday, the FBI said that 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne was not acting on behalf of a foreign terrorist organization when he opened fire outside Buford\u2019s just before 2 a.m. The gunfire killed three people and injured 15 others.<\/p>

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Diagne was killed during a shootout with Austin police who had responded to the scene.<\/p>

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What they’re saying:<\/p>

According to the FBI, Diagne\u2019s actions appeared to be related to an escalation in violent behavior that was tied to personal triggers and his grievances with the Iran war.<\/p>

“The investigation revealed that Diagne admired the recently deceased Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” the FBI said. “At the time of the attack Diagne was wearing clothes that included an Iranian flag design t-shirt and a sweatshirt that read: \u2018Property of Allah.\u2019”<\/p>

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Khamenei died in a Feb. 28 airstrike during the early days of the Iran war.<\/p>

The FBI said, however, that there is no “conclusive evidence to explain Diagne\u2019s motivation” or why he selected Sixth Street for the attack.<\/p>

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