AUSTIN (KXAN) — Neighbors of the gunman who killed two and injured more than a dozen others at a downtown Austin bar reacted Sunday after SWAT officers searched a residence believed to be connected to 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Diagne entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in March 2000. Since then, he became a lawful permanent resident and gained citizenship.

It was unclear what led him to open fire outside Buford’s Bar on West Sixth Street early Sunday morning.

Below is what we know about the last 26 years of the shooter’s life:

DHS confirmed Diagne came to the country March 13, 2000, on a B-2 tourist visa.

Six years later, in June 2006, Diagne became a lawful permanent resident and received an IR-6 visa, DHS said. The visa was based on Diagne becoming married to a U.S. citizen.

Diagne was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on April 5, 2013.

KXAN learned that Diagne was issued a drivers license with an address on Kickapoo Cavern Drive in Pflugerville in 2017.

Diagne does not have a known criminal history. However, DHS said he was arrested in Texas in relation to a collision with vehicle damage in 2022.

A source told KXAN the FBI was conducting a search warrant connected with the shooting at an apartment complex on the 5200 block of Ross Road in Del Valle, at the East Ridge Apartments Sunday morning.

Neighbors said they heard shouting outside from law enforcement officers who were telling someone to come out of one of unit 814. Neighbors said they heard loud noises like gunshots and a flash-bang as FBI agents entered the unit.

KXAN crews saw FBI agents going in and out of the apartment into Sunday evening. Neighbors were shown a photo of the man, later identified by APD as the shooter, that had been circulating on social media. They confirmed he was the man who lived in unit 814.

Neighbors seemed shocked, saying Diagne was friendly. They confirmed the shooter owned a black SUV and saw the vehicle parked, as usual, around 7 p.m. Saturday night.

This is a developing story. Updates will be posted here as they become available.

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