Trampled roses on West 6th Street on Monday March 2, 2026, after a mass shooting at Buford’s bar on West 6th Street.
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The death toll has risen in one of Austin’s deadliest mass shootings in recent history. On Monday, Austin police announced a fourth person — 30-year-old Jorge Pederson — died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
Three other people — 21-year-old Savitha Shan, 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and the shooting suspect — were pronounced dead on the scene of the shooting. Thirteen others were injured in the early Sunday morning shooting in Austin’s popular West Sixth Street entertainment district.
Officials have identified the suspect as Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese native who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2013. The 53-year-old was shot and killed by Austin police during a rampage that is now being investigated by the FBI as a possible act of terrorism.
An Austin resident that asked not to be named places flowers at a small memorial outside Buford's on west 6th street in Downtown Austin, Texas on Monday, March 2, 2026. Thie resident said he lives nearby and has been to Buford's, a popular bar on west 6th. Three people are dead including a shooter and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting at Buford's on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
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9:35 a.m.: Shooting victim was 'superstar' at University of Texas business school
Savitha Shan, one of the victims in Sunday's mass shooting, was "one of our superstar students" at at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, said Russ Finney, an associate professor, in a social media post Monday night. He said there are "really no words to express the wave of sadness rolling over" the campus community.
Sarah Graves, a women's basketball player at UT, said Savitha was a positive light on campus.
"She impacted so many through her time at McCombs, including me," Graves said in her post.
Other UT students were injured in the shooting, President Davis confirmed in a statement Monday. He said the campus will make mental health services available to all and that the university will increase police patrols around campus.
UT's student government is hosting a vigil for the campus community at the main mall before the Tower Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m.
"All are welcome," the post said.
March 3, 2026