The suspect has been identified as Ndiaga Diagne.
AUSTIN, Texas — Law enforcement officials, including local police and FBI agents, were at the scene of a residence in Pflugerville tied to the suspect in the mass shooting that happened in Austin early Sunday morning.
KVUE learned the home is connected to the shooter.
Two people were killed and at least 14 others were injured in the shooting early Sunday morning in Downtown Austin, authorities said.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, was driving a large SUV, circled the block several times before stopping, turned on the SUV’s hazard lights and began firing a handgun.
Police said he then parked near Wood Street, got out and continued shooting with a pistol and later a rifle as he walked east on Sixth Street. Officers who were stationed nearby at the time opened fire on Diagne, killing him.
A neighbor who lives near the house on Kickapoo Cavern Drive, Siddihita Chimote, said it was an alarming scene she couldn’t believe was unfolding right outside her front door.
“Suddenly there were announcements and warnings in the morning and we saw these police officers, so many cars,” she said. “We were really scared for some time. They were just asking, ‘Whoever is in the house please come out. If you don’t come out then we don’t guarantee your safety.'”
Officials were closely investigating a white car with a broken window, questioning people and taking boxes of unidentified items into their units.
Chimote called the area a quite community and was at a loss for words when she found out the investigation is connected to the deadly Downtown Austin shooting.
“I’m still not able to digest something happening in my neighborhood right in front of my house,” she said. “Honestly, I’m still processing it.”
Davis said Diagne never entered Buford’s bar but fired shots from outside the building. She said evidence from the SUV and nearby businesses is still being processed and confirmed that only two weapons – a pistol and a rifle – were recovered.
Fourteen patients were located at the scene and taken to nearby hospitals, and two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Three of those hospitalized remain in critical condition.
At least four of the 14 patients have been released from local hospitals, according to St. David’s HealthCare.
