"The death of 30-year-old Jorge Pederson was announced by the Austin police department on Monday evening. Police told NBC News that Pederson had been on life support after the attack, which left more than a dozen others wounded and ended with officers fatally shooting the gunman."
"Pederson days earlier had arranged to make his professional MMA debut on 16 May, the Minnesotan combat sports promoter Ignite Fights wrote Monday on Instagram. He was someone who always came to put on a show, Ignite's post said, adding that Pederson had fought three times as an amateur in events arranged by the promoter."
"Investigators named Pederson, Harrington and Shan's killer as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese national and naturalized US citizen. He was purportedly wearing a T-shirt under his hoodie with an Iranian flag design, the Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified law enforcement official."
Jorge Pederson, a 30-year-old mixed martial arts fighter from Minnesota, died from injuries sustained in a mass shooting at Buford's bar in downtown Austin on Sunday. Pederson had been on life support following the attack, which wounded more than a dozen people. He was scheduled to make his professional MMA debut on May 16. The other two victims were identified as Ryder Harrington, 19, a Texas Tech University student, and Savitha Shan, 21, a University of Texas student. The gunman, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese national and naturalized US citizen, was fatally shot by officers. Investigators are examining the shooting as a potential act of terrorism in retaliation for US airstrikes in Iran.
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