Austin Sixth Street Mass Shooting: Tracing Ndiaga Diagne’s Profile and Motive

Police identified Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old Senegalese immigrant who became a U.S. citizen, as the shooter in Austin’s Sixth Street massacre, where three people were killed and 13 injured before he was fatally shot by officers. Investigators are probing potential terrorism links amid context of Iran-related strikes, but the motive remains unclear. Diagne had no prior FBI radar, had U.S. entry in 2000 and citizenship in 2013, and the guns used were legally obtained in 2017; a Quran was found in his car as authorities search residences and examine possible mental health or other connections. The investigation is ongoing.