Tesla Fired Austin Shooter Months Before, Lawyer Tells Court

April 9, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC

Tesla Inc. fired an employee two months before he killed three people and injured 19 others in a shooting outside of an Austin bar in March, its lawyer told a Texas judge Thursday.

The company revealed the firing at a hearing where it argued negligence claims it faces from an employee injured by the man in an unrelated workplace incident should be resolved outside court.

Ndiaga Diagne, the shooter, was terminated in January, a month after he’s accused of throwing coworker Lillian Mendoza Brady to the ground at Tesla’s Gigafactory on Dec. 3, Tesla’s lawyer, Joshua Romero of Jackson Walker ...

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