Iran<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe suspect – identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne by the Department of Homeland Security – had a history of mental health issues, with the FBI looking into a possible link to terrorism.<\/p>\n
The attacker wore a shirt with an Iranian flag and “IRAN” spelt out in green, white and red across the front. He was also wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah” on it, officials told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
He first entered the US in 2000 on a tourist visa and became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a US citizen, the DHS said.<\/p>\n
He became a naturalised US citizen in 2013, the department added, while the Associated Press reported he was originally from Senegal.<\/p>\n
Austin police chief Lisa Davis told reporters early on Sunday that her force received reports of a “male shooting” just before 2am at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street – a popular nightlife destination in the city’s entertainment district filled with bars and music clubs, only a few miles from the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n
Ms Davis said the suspect, who was driving an SUV, went past the bar several times before putting the vehicle’s indicators on, opening his window and “shooting [through the open window] with a pistol, striking patrons on the bar patio and in front of the bar”.<\/p>\n
The suspect then parked and “got out of his car armed with a rifle, and began shooting at people passing by”.<\/p>\n
When police ran up to the scene, they found a man with a gun and three officers “returned fire, killing the suspect” at an intersection.<\/p>\n
Ms Davis said they were lucky because of the number of officers who were nearby at the time, and as bars were closing, they “were able to rapidly move here”.<\/p>\n
Emergency medical services chief Robert Luckritz said three people were found dead at the scene and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n
Mr Luckritz added they got a call “at 1.39am and within 57 seconds, the first paramedics and officers were on scene actively treating the patients”.<\/p>\n
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the rapid response by police and rescuers, saying they “definitely saved lives”.<\/p>\n
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Nathan Comeaux, a 22-year-old student witnessed, the gunfire when he left the bar to get pizza at a food truck across the street about 10 minutes before the first gunshots were heard.<\/p>\n
No one around the pizza truck understood what was happening, with some thinking the noise was fireworks or a loud motorbike, he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Comeaux said he hid behind a bench for about a minute before getting out and he saw police running towards the scene when he pulled out his phone to begin recording as more shots rang out in the attack.<\/p>\n
He added that he saw the suspect turn his gun on police before officers shot him and he knows someone who was shot.<\/p>\n
Mr Comeaux told AP that the bars were “full of college students, probably mostly UT kids, shoulder to shoulder, hundreds just enjoying their nights”.<\/p>\n
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