From the New York Post: The gunman behind Austin’s possible terror-related mass shooting entered the US and cemented his legal immigration status under Democratic administrations — despite a growing criminal record.
Senegalese national Ndiaga Diagne, 53, arrived in America on March 13, 2000, on a B-2 tourist visa during the Clinton administration, a source familiar with his immigration history told The Post on Sunday.
Diagne — who killed two people and wounded 14 more during his rampage outside a Texas bar early Sunday — then became a lawful permanent resident on an IR-6 visa in June 2006 when he married a US citizen, the source said.
Prior to being awarded U.S. citizenship by the Obama administration on April 5, 2013, Diagne built up a criminal record in New York City. He was arrested for illegal vending in June 2001. He also has three other arrests on his record between 2008 and 2016 – but those arrests are all sealed, so the details are unknown.
He was also arrested in Texas at some point, but details on that arrest are unknown as well.
Sources say Diagne “was a known emotionally disturbed person in both states.”
After opening fire on the bar customers Sunday morning, Diagne was shot dead by police. He was wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie at the time of the rampage and had a Quran in his car.
🚨BREAKING: Austin, Texas shooter, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Senegal.
He was wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah”, an undershirt referring to Iran and had a Quran in his car. pic.twitter.com/k84cYA0LtY
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 1, 2026
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