An FBI official, Alex Doran, told reporters at a press conference that it was too early to determine the shooter’s motivation. The Austin Police Department and the FBI investigate a shooting at Buford's on 6th Street on Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Austin, Texas. Videos taken inside the bar and posted on social media showed several people lying on the floor being treated by paramedics. A SWAT team was present on Sunday afternoon at a home believed to be connected to the suspect in Pflugerville, Texas, the paper said. “I heard screaming and yelling and crying,” Jeremiah Carbajal, a concierge at a nearby residential building, told the Austin American-Statesman.

Source: Irish Examiner March 02, 2026 13:56 UTC