Two people are dead and 14 injured in what has become an FBI investigation of a shooting early Sunday morning in Austin, Texas. Austin Police confirmed the suspect is also dead.
The FBI said it is are probing the incident as there are indicators it was terrorism-related.
Austin Police say the man drove a large SUV several times around the block in that area. At one point, he put his flashers on, rolled down his window, and began using a pistol shooting out of his car windows, striking patrons at Buford’s bar that were on the patio and that were in front of the bar. He then went down Sixth Street, parked his car and began shooting again.
“At that point, everyone knows the amount of resources we use on East Sixth Street, a large crowd, a large entertainment area here in Austin, where officers, along with EMS and fire are staged for the weekend. And so you’re talking when this came out, we were about 55/56 seconds away,” Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
Authorities confronted the man quickly, shot and killed him.
Straight Arrow News has reached out to the FBI and will update this story as information becomes available.