The FBI San Antonio Division continues to investigate the mass shooting that occurred outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden located at 700 W 6th St., Austin, Texas during the early morning hours of March 1, 2026, that resulted in the tragic deaths of three victims and injuries to 15 others. The shooter, Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old born in Senegal and living in Austin, Texas, died from wounds sustained during an exchange of gunfire with Austin Police Department officers who responded to the scene.
In April 2013, Diagne became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He legally purchased a handgun in August 2017 and a rifle in October 2017, both of which were used in the March 1, 2026, shooting.
The investigation to date indicates Diagne was a lone actor. Diagne was never the subject of an FBI investigation prior to the mass shooting on March 1. There is no evidence at this time that he was associated with a Foreign Terrorist Organization or that he received any direction, funding, or operational support for his attack. The following outlines the events of March 1; times are approximate.
Chain of Events:
1:57 a.m. Diagne fired shots into Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden from his vehicle while parked on Rio Grande Street.
1:58 a.m. Diagne parked his vehicle in the parking lot at Wood Street and W. 6th Street.
1:59 a.m. Diagne got out of his vehicle with a rifle.
2:00 a.m. Diagne continued shooting in the parking lot at Wood Street and W. 6th Street.
2:02 a.m. Diagne reached the corner of West Avenue and W. 6th Street and began shooting.
2:02 a.m. Austin Police Department officers arrived in the vicinity of West Avenue and W. 6th Street and neutralized the threat.
