Austin bar shooting leaves three dead, including suspect, and 14 wounded
by Ed Pilkington, Roque Planas and agencies from on (#73XPS)
FBI official says evidence found on the suspect and in his car indicated a potential nexus to terrorism'
The FBI's joint terrorism taskforce has been called in to help investigate a deadly mass shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, on Sunday morning in which a gunman opened fire in front of a bar popular with university students, killing two people and injuring 14 others before being fatally shot by police.
An FBI official, Alex Doran, told reporters at a press conference that it was too early to determine the shooter's motivation. But he added that evidence found on the suspect and in his car indicated a potential nexus to terrorism", while an intelligence group said the shooter had expressed pro-Iranian regime sentiment".
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