美国联邦调查局表示，正在调查周日早些时候得克萨斯州奥斯汀一家酒吧外发生的大规模枪击事件中可能的恐怖主义动机，这起事件造成两人死亡，十几人受伤。
奥斯汀警察局长丽莎·戴维斯在周日的新闻发布会上说，枪击事件发生时，嫌疑枪手在与警察的对抗中被击毙，警察已经在该市的娱乐区待命。
知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，嫌疑人已被确认为恩迪亚加·迪亚涅，53岁，出生于塞内加尔，已入籍为美国公民。
戴维斯说，嫌疑人住在德克萨斯州的Pflugerville。
这嫌疑人穿着代表真主阿拉的衣服和代表伊朗的t恤，知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，建议信息是初步的，可能会有变化。
负责美国联邦调查局圣安东尼奥办事处的代理特别探员Alex Doran表示，枪击的动机仍在调查中，但恐怖主义是一个可能的动机。
多兰周日说:“在这个主题上和他的车里有迹象表明这可能与恐怖主义有关。”。"再说一遍，现在就做出决定还为时过早。"
在一个社交媒体帖子周日下午，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统已经听取了关于奥斯汀枪击事件的简报。
戴维斯说，下午2点前，911报警电话开始报告奥斯汀市中心西六街发生枪击事件。她说，911报警电话称有人在布福德酒吧附近开枪。
“我们知道一辆大型SUV在那个区域绕着街区开了好几圈，”戴维斯说。“有一次，[嫌疑人]打开闪光灯，摇下车窗，并开始使用手枪，从他的车窗开枪，袭击在院子里和酒吧前面的酒吧顾客。”
戴维斯说，嫌疑人随后停车，下车并向聚集在人行道上的人开枪。
她说奥斯汀警察局有一队警察被指派在繁忙的西六街娱乐区巡逻。她说，警察距离嫌疑人开枪的地方大约55至56秒，并向枪声冲去。
戴维斯说，当警察与嫌疑人对峙并将其击毙时，嫌疑人正朝警察的方向走去。
美国广播公司新闻核实的旁观者视频捕捉到了嫌疑枪手在人行道上走向警察，同时他开了一连串的枪。视频显示，警察还击，在嫌疑人倒地之前击中了他，有人在背景中尖叫道:“哦，我的上帝!”
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，嫌疑人最初用手枪向人群开了五到七枪，然后警方说他下车并与奥斯汀警察对峙。
奥斯汀市长柯克·沃森说:“在我看来，毫无疑问，警察和我们的急救人员以及那些专业人员的快速反应发挥了作用，挽救了生命。”在新闻发布会上说。
警方在早些时候的新闻发布会上说，三名奥斯丁警察局的警察在布福德酒吧附近的街道上遇到了一名持枪的嫌疑人。警方称，警察开枪还击，击毙了这名男子。
知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，美国联邦调查局联合反恐特遣部队正在加入对枪击事件的调查。
消息人士称，执法部门还在调查嫌疑枪手是否有任何精神健康问题，并补充说，到目前为止，枪击事件被认为是一个孤立的事件而不是更大阴谋的一部分。
美国广播公司新闻通过电话采访了德克萨斯州的一名妇女，她证实自己是迪亚涅的前妻。她说他们在2022年离婚，她已经四五年没有和前夫说过话了。该女子表示，她对奥斯汀枪击案一无所知，并表示当她听说这件事时感到震惊。
当被问及她的前夫是否信教时，她说，“他是信教的，是的。”她没有详细说明。
她说，他们之前一起住在纽约，然后在2017年搬到了德克萨斯州，因为Diagne希望为他们的家人，包括他们的两个孩子，提供更多的空间。她说，在搬到德克萨斯州之前，她的前夫去那里呆了一周，想看看是否有可能搬到那里去，然后他回到纽约，告诉她，“哦，我想你会喜欢这里的，这里很安静。”
她说他们最初搬到了圣安东尼奥。
奥斯汀警察局早些时候发布了一份声明，敦促人们避开里奥格兰德街600街区附近的区域，该酒吧位于奥斯汀市中心街区。
来自现场的照片和视频显示了重大的紧急反应。奥斯汀-特拉维斯县EMS的负责人罗伯特·卢克瑞茨(Robert Luckritz)周日表示，在接到第一个电话后不到一分钟，护理人员和官员就赶到了现场。
Luckritz说，包括一名嫌疑人在内的三人被宣布当场死亡，并补充说，另有14人被送往当地医院接受治疗。
德克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特(Greg Abbott)周日在一份声明中表示，他已经指示州公共安全部(DPS)在周末期间增加西六街地区的巡逻。
阿博特说，在枪击事件发生前，他指示DPS和得克萨斯州国民警卫队加强全州的巡逻和监视，作为应对美国和以色列在伊朗联合军事行动的预防措施。
“这种暴力行为不会定义我们，也不会动摇德克萨斯人的决心，”艾伯特在谈到大规模枪击事件时说。“对于那些想利用中东目前的冲突来威胁得克萨斯人或我们的关键基础设施的人，请清楚地理解这一点:得克萨斯将以决定性和压倒性的力量予以回应，以保护我们的国家。”
Terrorism motive probed in mass shooting at Austin bar: FBI
The FBI said it is investigating a possible terrorism motive in a mass shooting early Sunday outside a bar in Austin, Texas, that left two people dead and more than a dozen others injured.
The suspected gunman was killed in a confrontation with police officers, who were already staged in the city's entertainment district when the shooting broke out, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said at a news conference on Sunday.
The suspect has been identified as Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Senegal, sources with knowledge of the matter told ABC News.
Davis said the suspect was living in Pflugerville, Texas.
Thesuspect was wearing clothing that referenced Allah and a T-shirt that referenced Iran,sources familiar with the matter told ABC News, advising that the information is preliminary and subject to change.
Alex Doran, the acting special agent in charge of the FBI's San Antonio field office, said a motive for the shooting remains under investigation, but terrorism is a possible motive.
"There were indicators on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism," Doran said Sunday. "Again, it's still too early to make a determination on that."
In asocial media poston Sunday afternoon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump had been briefed regarding the shooting in Austin.
Davis said 911 callers began reporting a shooting on West Sixth Street in downtown Austin just before 2 p.m. She said the 911 callers stated that someone was shooting around Buford's Bar.
"We know that a large SUV drove several times around the block in that area," Davis said. "At one point, [the suspect] put his flashers on, rolled down his window and began using a pistol, shooting out of his car windows, striking patrons of the bar that were on the patio and that were in front of the bar."
Davis said the suspect then parked his vehicle, got out and opened fire on people gathered on the sidewalk.
She said the Austin police department had a contingent of officers assigned to patrol the area in the busy West Sixth Street entertainment district. She said the officers were about 55 to 56 seconds away from where the suspect was shooting, and rushed toward the gunfire.
Davis said the suspect was walking in the direction of the police when officers confronted him and killed him.
Bystander video verified by ABC News captured the suspected shooter walking on the sidewalk toward police officers as he fired a barrage of shots. The video shows officers returning fire, striking the suspect before he falls to the ground as someone screams in the background, "Oh, my God!"
The sources told ABC News that the suspect initially fired five to seven shots from a handgun into a crowd of people before police said he exited his vehicle and was confronted by Austin Police officers.
"There is no question in my mind that the quick response of the police officers and of our EMS personnel and those professionals made a difference and saved lives," Austin Mayor Kirk Watsonsaid at the news conference.
Three Austin Police Department officers encountered a suspect armed with a gun on the street near Buford's Bar, police said at an earlier news conference. The officers returned fire, fatally shooting the man, police said.
The FBI's Joint terrorism Task Force is joining the investigation into the shooting, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Law enforcement is also probing whether there were any mental health issues related to the suspected shooter, sources said, adding that as of now the shooting is considered an isolated incident, ratherthan part of a larger plot.
ABC News spoke via telephone with a woman in Texas, who confirmed that she is Diagne's ex-wife. She said they divorced in 2022 and that she has not spoken to her ex-husband in four or five years. The woman said she knew nothing about the Austin shooting and said she was shocked when she heard about it.
Asked if her ex-husband was religious, she said, "He was religious, yeah." She did not elaborate.
She said they previously lived in New York together and then, in 2017, moved to Texas because Diagne wanted more space for their family, including their two children. She said that before moving to Texas, her ex-husband went there for a week to check it out as a possible place to move, and thenhe came back to New York and told her, "Oh, I think you're gonna love it, it's quiet."
She said they initially moved to San Antonio.
The Austin Police Department had earlier released a statement urging people to avoid the area near the 600 block of Rio Grande Street, the Downtown Austin block where the bar is located.
Photos and videos from the scene showed a major emergency response. Paramedics and officers arrived on the scene less than a minute after the first call came in, Chief Robert Luckritz, of the Austin-Travis County EMS, said on Sunday.
Three people, including a suspect, were pronounced dead at the scene, Luckritz said, adding that another 14 were transported to local hospitals for treatment for injuries.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement on Sunday that he has directed the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) to increase patrols in the West Sixth Street area during the weekends.
Abbott said that before the shooting, he directed the DPS and the Texas National Guard to intensify patrols and surveillance across the state in a precautionary measure in response to the joint U.S.-Israel military operation in Iran.
"This act of violence will not define us, nor will it shake the resolve of Texans," Abbott said of the mass shooting. "To anyone who thinks about using the current conflict in the Middle East to threaten Texans or our critical infrastructure, understand this clearly: Texas will respond with decisive and overwhelming force to protect our state."
