The FBI is investigating a “potential nexus to terrorism” in a deadly mass shooting that erupted just before 2 a.m. CT Sunday in Austin’s entertainment district, leaving at least three people dead, including the suspected gunman, and 14 others wounded.
Three of those hospitalized are in critical condition, officials said.
“Obviously, it’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators on the subject and then his vehicle that indicate a potential nexus to terrorism,” Alex Doran, acting special agent in charge of the FBI San Antonio Division, said at a news conference Sunday morning.
The suspected gunman is originally from Senegal, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. The man appears to have arrived in the United States in the early 2000’s and initially settled in New York, the official told CNN. It’s not clear when the suspect arrived Texas, but he did have multiple addresses in the state, the official added.
