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AUSTIN, Texas — <\/span>The gunman who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting<\/a> at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March was a \u201clone actor” and there is no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group, FBI investigators said Thursday.<\/p>\n The agency released a two-page update of its investigation into the attack on Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in the early morning hours of March 1 that ended when gunman, Ndiaga Diagne, was killed by police.<\/p>\n The shooting happened after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran<\/a>. Diagne was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words \u201cProperty of Allah.”<\/p>\n Despite lacking direct evidence of a motive for the shooting, investigators said Diagne was likely triggered into violent behavior by the war against Iran, \u201cculminating in a violent, impulsive attack” at the bar, the report said.<\/p>\n Investigators determined Diagne admired Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, who had been killed. His affinity for Iran and its former leader were likely factors in the attack Diagne perpetrated on his own, investigators said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe investigation to date indicates Diagne was a lone actor,\u201d the report said. He had never been the subject of an FBI investigation prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n Diagne, 53, was born in Senegal. He first entered the U.S. in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa and became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a U.S. citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no evidence at this time that he was associated with a Foreign Terrorist Organization or that he received any direction, funding, or operational support for his attack,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n The bar is located in the city’s popular hub of bars and nightclubs. Police said the gunman drove past the bar before circling back<\/a> and firing the first shots from his SUV at people on the sidewalk and inside. He then parked, got out with a rifle and began shooting at people walking along the street before officers rushed to the intersection and shot him.<\/p>\n Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis has said officers arrived within 56 seconds of the first 911 call and killed the shooter after he fired at police.<\/p>\n Killed in the attack were 21-year-old Savitha Shan, 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and 30-year-old Jorge Pederson.<\/p>\n The FBI said the investigation into the attack remains open.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n