{"id":222212,"date":"2026-03-02T14:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/?p=222212"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:43:00","slug":"austin-texas-shooting-victims-fbi-investigation-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/03\/02\/austin-texas-shooting-victims-fbi-investigation-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Third victim of downtown Austin shooting dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_6PGkeH96GrP?ui_cover_art=false&amp;ui_title_intro=Listen+to+this+article&amp;ui_title_icon=headphones&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=3.0.3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><style>.wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed { margin: 0 !important; }<\/style><div class=\"everlit-disclaimer\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: -0.5rem;font-size: 0.7rem;color: #4a4a4a;font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form\">feedback<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>This article was co-published with the Austin Current, a local nonprofit newsroom that provides Austinites with the information they need to navigate daily lif<\/em>e<em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/austincurrent.org\/newsletter\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to the Current\u2019s newsletter for the latest news and updates from across Austin. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials on Monday evening confirmed that a third victim in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/03\/01\/austin-texas-shooting-three-dead-bufords-bar-sixth-street\/\">downtown Austin shooting<\/a> has died as the investigation into the suspected gunman continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have named the three victims killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/03\/01\/austin-texas-shooting-three-dead-bufords-bar-sixth-street\/\">downtown Austin shooting<\/a> as 30-year-old Jorge Pederson, 21-year-old Savitha Shan and 19-year-old Ryder Harrington. Shan and Harrington were killed Sunday morning, and Pederson died from his injuries Monday, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Monday, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said during a news conference that one of the three victims who was in critical condition after the shooting would potentially be taken off life support. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that Pederson had been removed from life support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen people were also injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal, state and local law enforcement are continuing to investigate the suspected gunman, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. The FBI has called the shooting a \u201cpotential act of terrorism\u201d and its Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in the investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur ultimate goal and everything we do is to determine the motive,\u201d said Alex Doran, acting special agent in charge of FBI San Antonio. \u201cWe are poring through thousands of hours of video. 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Where did he get information from? Did he have any other connection? And we will not rest until every last trail or piece of information is pursued to determine if there\u2019s anybody else involved in this whatsoever.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first call about the shooting at Buford\u2019s, a popular beer garden that sits among several nightlife venues on West 6th Street, came just before 2 a.m. Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large SUV drove around the block several times before Diagne allegedly shot from his vehicle with a pistol, Davis said during a Sunday news conference. 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Texas Tribune<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The police chief said Monday that the suspected gunman had obtained the firearms legally in San Antonio in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First responders were able to reach the scene within a minute, and police fatally shot Diagne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspected gunman wore a sweatshirt with \u201cProperty of Allah\u201d across the front and a shirt with an Iranian flag design during the shooting, which took place amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-israel-us-03-01-2026-693bc30bbbc98660d81f4a13f65ca10f\">escalating conflict<\/a> between the U.S. and Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican politicians have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/03\/01\/texas-shooting-politics-immigraton-gun-laws\/\">focused<\/a> on Diagne\u2019s status as a naturalized U.S. citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said he entered the country from Senegal on a tourist visa in 2000, became a lawful permanent resident after marrying a U.S. citizen in 2006 and was naturalized in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about his criminal history, DHS said Diagne was arrested in Texas in 2022 for collision with vehicle damage. The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/01\/us-news\/austin-mass-shooter-ndiaga-diagne-became-citizen-despite-string-of-busts\/\">reported<\/a>, citing anonymous sources, that he also was arrested in New York City for \u201cillegal vending\u201d in 2001 and was arrested three other times between 2006 and 2016, though those cases are sealed. The newspaper didn\u2019t say whether he was convicted following those arrests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests generally don\u2019t automatically bar green cards or naturalization, according to Denise Gilman, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis also said Monday that the suspected gunman was not on the Austin Police Department\u2019s radar prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both APD and the FBI executed search warrants at two residences connected to Diagne, one in Pflugerville and the other in Del Valle. Davis said the department could release the suspect\u2019s criminal history and background as soon as Thursday. Both agencies said Diagne was not on their radars prior to the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shooting victims identified\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan was a dual degree student at the University of Texas at Austin, while Harrington was enrolled at Texas Tech University during the fall 2025 semester, the school confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan, an Austin native, graduated from Baranoff Elementary and LASA High School, KUT reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UT Austin President Jim Davis released a statement on Tuesday confirming Shan\u2019s death.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan was \u201ca child of loving parents. A loyal friend to many. A Longhorn preparing to change the world. It is devastating, and I know all of us are grieved by this horrible news,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe will remember her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis said a number of UT students sustained injuries in the Sunday morning shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome of these are very serious, and we are hoping for the best outcomes, while others are on the path to recovery. I have met with many of these families and will continue to pray for them,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrington had been a member of the Beta Theta Phi fraternity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRyder was a beloved son, brother, and friend whose kindness and presence touched countless lives. From the moment he joined our brotherhood, he brought a light that was impossible to ignore,\u201d wrote Asher Chang, a fellow fraternity member, on a GoFundMe page he organized.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CreightonForTX\/status\/2028564078524862927\">In an X post<\/a>, Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton said Harrington\u2019s death has \u201cshaken\u201d the university community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with them during this unimaginable time of grief,\u201d Creighton wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ayden Runnels contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune\u2019s journalism. 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