Austin firefighters honored for response to W 6th St. mass shooting in March

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin firefighters were recently honored by Mayor Kirk Watson and the City of Austin for their courageous actions during the mass shooting on West 6th Street at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in the early morning hours of March 1.

Three people were killed and over a dozen others were injured when the gunman, later identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, opened fire. Diagne was later shot and killed by Austin Police Department officers…

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