Savitha Shanmugasundaram, age 21
Lost to gun violence on March 1, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
Photo sources:
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- https://www.kxan.com/news/austin-mass-shooting/gods-grace-man-seen-in-video-being-shot-by-6th-st-mass-shooting-suspect-speaks-out/
- Mar 5: https://myrgv.com/local-news/2026/03/05/austin-bar-shooting-victims-include-rgv-native-fighting-for-his-life/
- kens5.com: Austin police now say 18 people shot in West 6th Street shooting; 2 remain in hospital
- https://www.kxan.com/video/how%c2%a0one%c2%a0austin%c2%a0mom%c2%a0turned%c2%a0tragedy%c2%a0into%c2%a0a%c2%a0national%c2%a0model-for%c2%a0campus%c2%a0safety/11572990/
- KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi: Three victims identified in deadly West Sixth Street mass shooting
- https://www.kxan.com/news/austin-mass-shooting/ut-community-remembers-student-killed-in-sixth-street-mass-shooting/
- https://www.kxan.com/news/austin-mass-shooting/third-victim-dies-after-mass-shooting-in-downtown-austin/
- Mar 2: https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/03/02/austin-shooting-victims-named
- Mar 2: Amarillo Globe-News: Texas Tech University releases statement about loss of recent student
- https://cw39.com/news/texas/texas-tech-student-killed-in-austin-mass-shooting/
- KVII: 4 dead, 13 injured in Sixth Street mass shooting; FBI investigating potential terrorism
- Mar 1: New York Post: FBI Joint Terrorism Taskforce investigating mass shooting at Austin bar near UT campus
- kvue.com: FBI investigating 'potential nexus to terrorism' in 6th Street shooting that left two dead, 14 injured | Shooter also killed
- Mar 1: KSAT: 3 dead, 14 hospitalized in 6th Street mass shooting, Austin EMS chief says
- Gun Violence Archive
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