AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The gunman who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March was a \u201clone actor\u201d and there is no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group, FBI investigators said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency released a two-page update of its investigation into the attack on Buford\u2019s Backyard Beer Garden in the early morning hours of March 1 that ended when gunman, Ndiaga Diagne, was killed by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting happened after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran. Diagne was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words \u201cProperty of Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite lacking direct evidence of a motive for the shooting, investigators said Diagne was likely triggered into violent behavior by the war against Iran, \u201cculminating in a violent, impulsive attack\u201d at the bar, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators determined Diagne admired Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been killed. His affinity for Iran and its former leader were likely factors in the attack Diagne perpetrated on his own, investigators said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe investigation to date indicates Diagne was a lone actor,\u201d the report said. He had never been the subject of an FBI investigation prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diagne, 53, was born in Senegal. He first entered the U.S. in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa and became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a U.S. citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere 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,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bar is located in the city\u2019s popular hub of bars and nightclubs. Police said the gunman drove past the bar before circling back and firing the first shots from his SUV at people on the sidewalk and inside. He then parked, got out with a rifle and began shooting at people walking along the street before officers rushed to the intersection and shot him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n