Austin Shooter Once Mowed Down Pedestrian In NYC, Leaving Her With Life-Altering Injuries: Report

The Austin shooter once mowed down a woman in New York City, leaving her disabled for life, the New York Post reported Monday, citing a lawsuit.

The shooter, Ndiaga Diagne, 53, was driving a company car recklessly through Brooklyn on Jan. 30, 2016 as his vehicle “made contact” with pedestrian Jennifer Antoine, the New York Post reported. As a result, Antoine “sustained severe and permanent personal injuries, became sick, sore, lame and disabled; suffered injuries to her nervous system; suffered mental anguish, was confined to hospital, bed and home and may, in the future, be so confined,” the lawsuit reportedly alleged.

The suit described Antoine as being “incapacitated from attending to her usual duties and vocation,” adding that she may “suffer a loss and/or limitation of quality and enjoyment of life.”

Diagne opened fire just before 2 a.m. Sunday near Buford’s bar on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, leaving two victims dead and 14 others wounded, according to KVUE. At the time of the attack, he was said to be wearing a sweatshirt reading “Property of Allah” with a t-shirt featuring the Iranian flag underneath, according to multiple reports.

Authorities have yet to confirm any motive as speculation mounts about a possible lone-wolf domestic terror attack fueled by the Iran strikes.

Alex Doran, the acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s field office in San Antonio, said Sunday that investigators are looking into a “potential nexus to terrorism” as they review the evidence.

After searching Diagne’s home Sunday, authorities found an Iranian flag, along with images of Iranian leaders, according to CBS News. A Quran was also found in the gunman’s car.

One victim is expected to be taken off life support and two others are in critical condition, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said during a press conference Monday.

Diagne and the company he worked for at the time were “negligent, careless, reckless, grossly negligent in the ownership, operation, management, maintenance, repair, inspection and control” of the car, the lawsuit alleged.

The suit read that the “plaintiff is only seeking to recover those damages not recoverable through no-fault insurance under the facts and circumstances in this action.”

It is not clear how the case played out in the end.

Diagne was working as a taxi driver in the 2010s, according to the New York Post. His taxi and limousine license expired in 2020.

It is also not known if he was driving a taxi at the time of the incident, according to the report.