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There is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't real; it never happened. See the Related Question below.
There is no real Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer; there is only the fictional character Leatherface, played by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1973 film. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. See the Related Question below.
I assume you must be referring to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. No, it is not a real event. It was based roughly on the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but Ed never killed anyone with a chainsaw.
Ed Gein is the real-life serial killer who inspired the fictional killers Leatherface (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (from The Silence of the Lambs) and Norman Bates (from Psycho).
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never really happened. There has never been a chainsaw massacre in Texas committed by a family of deranged cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper did borrow one or two small details from the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but that is not the same as being a true story.