FBI Probes Possible Terrorist Nexus After Austin Shooting and Apartment Raid

Federal agents are investigating a possible terrorism nexus following a violent shooting spree in Austin. The investigation included a tactical raid involving explosives and K-9 units at the Eastridge Apartments.

“Clearly, it’s still way prematurely at the same time to identify a precise motivation, however there were indications on the subject and in his automobile that indicate possible nexus to terrorism,” Alex Doran, acting unique agent accountable of the FBI’s San Antonio Area Workplace, said at an interview Sunday.

Tactical Operation at Eastridge Apartments

Eventually previously, residents at the Eastridge Apartments were met by federal agents bordering a complicated device at around 11:30 a.m., with one representative utilizing a speaker to inform any individual in device 813 to tip away from the home windows, the outlet reported.

“After that we listened to like, gunfires, and after that we heard an explosive, like a grenade bomb go off in the apartment or condo. It was just a great deal of automobiles and the FBI with their guns attracted,” one confidential local informed FOX 7.

Timeline of the Shooting Incident

Complying with the preliminary capturing, the gunman after that drove westbound on Sixth Street to Wood Street, parked his car and exited holding a rifle while remaining to shoot at pedestrians without ever entering bench.

“I looked through the home window from the washroom, and I simply saw them right in your house, and they had a cars and truck in the yard right there. They had K-9s waiting as well, they had rifles outside the gate,” Alex Sky claimed.