FBI investigating possible Iran link after at least three killed and 14 injured in Texas bar shooting

At least three people, including the gunman, have been killed after a shooting at a bar in Texas, with the FBI investigating a potential link to the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Officers shot and killed the shooter at the scene, who used both a pistol and a rifle to carry out the attack, police said.

Authorities said 14 others were wounded with three people were left in a critical condition after the shooting in central Austin, which erupted a day after President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bombing of Iran.

The suspect - identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne by the Department of Homeland Security - had a history of mental health issues, with the FBI looking into a possible link to terrorism.

The attacker wore a shirt with an Iranian flag and "IRAN" spelt out in green, white and red across the front. He was also wearing a sweatshirt that said "Property of Allah" on it, officials told Reuters news agency.

He first entered the US in 2000 on a tourist visa and became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a US citizen, the DHS said.

He became a naturalised US citizen in 2013, the department added, while the Associated Press reported he was originally from Senegal.

Austin police chief Lisa Davis told reporters early on Sunday that her force received reports of a "male shooting" just before 2am at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street - a popular nightlife destination in the city's entertainment district filled with bars and music clubs, only a few miles from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ms Davis said the suspect, who was driving an SUV, went past the bar several times before putting the vehicle's indicators on, opening his window and "shooting [through the open window] with a pistol, striking patrons on the bar patio and in front of the bar".

The suspect then parked and "got out of his car armed with a rifle, and began shooting at people passing by".

When police ran up to the scene, they found a man with a gun and three officers "returned fire, killing the suspect" at an intersection.

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Ms Davis said they were lucky because of the number of officers who were nearby at the time, and as bars were closing, they "were able to rapidly move here".

Emergency medical services chief Robert Luckritz said three people were found dead at the scene and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.

Mr Luckritz added they got a call "at 1.39am and within 57 seconds, the first paramedics and officers were on scene actively treating the patients".

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the rapid response by police and rescuers, saying they "definitely saved lives".

Nathan Comeaux, a 22-year-old student witnessed, the gunfire when he left the bar to get pizza at a food truck across the street about 10 minutes before the first gunshots were heard.

No one around the pizza truck understood what was happening, with some thinking the noise was fireworks or a loud motorbike, he said.

Mr Comeaux said he hid behind a bench for about a minute before getting out and he saw police running towards the scene when he pulled out his phone to begin recording as more shots rang out in the attack.

He added that he saw the suspect turn his gun on police before officers shot him and he knows someone who was shot.

Mr Comeaux told AP that the bars were "full of college students, probably mostly UT kids, shoulder to shoulder, hundreds just enjoying their nights".

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