AUSTIN (KXAN) — Neighbors of the gunman who killed two people and injured more than a dozen people at a downtown Austin bar reacted Sunday after SWAT officers searched a home believed to be linked to 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Diagne entered the United States on a tourist visa in March 2000. Thereafter, he became a lawful permanent resident and obtained citizenship.
The Austin Police Department posted a photo of the shooter, Ndiaga Diagne, on social media.
It’s unclear what led him to open fire outside the Buford Bar on West Sixth Street early Sunday morning.
Here’s what we know about the last 26 years of the shooter’s life:
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The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Diagne came to the country on March 13, 2000, on a B-2 tourist visa.
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Six years later, in June 2006, Diagne became a lawful permanent resident and received an IR-6 visa, the Department of Homeland Security said. The visa was obtained based on Diagne’s marriage to a U.S. citizen.
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Diagne became a naturalized U.S. citizen on April 5, 2013.
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KXAN learned Diagne obtained her driver’s license in 2017 and has an address on Kickapoo Cavern Drive in Pflugerville.
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Diagne has no known criminal record. However, the Department of Homeland Security said he was arrested in Texas for a 2022 vehicle damage accident.
The FBI is serving a search warrant in response to a shooting that occurred Sunday morning at an apartment building at East Ridge Apartments in the 5200 block of Del Valeros Road, a source told KXAN.
Neighbors said they heard shouts from law enforcement officers outside, asking someone to come out of Unit 814. Neighbors said they heard loud noises including gunshots and flash-bang grenades as FBI agents entered the unit.
KXAN crews saw FBI agents entering and exiting the apartment Sunday night. Neighbors saw a photo of the man circulating on social media, and APD later identified him as the shooter. They identified him as the man who lived in unit 814.
Neighbors seemed shocked and said Diagne was friendly. They confirmed that the gunman owned a black SUV and saw it parked on the side of the road as usual around 7pm on Saturday.
This is a development story. Updates will be posted here as they become available.
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