On August 13, 2013, a hostage situation unfolded at Tensas State Bank in St. Joseph, Louisiana. A 20-year-old man, Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, entered the bank armed with a handgun and an AK-47 and held three employees hostage: Charles Henry Jay Warbington, Jr., Tamara LaDean Deannie McDaniel, and Patricia White. Warbington had worked at the bank for more than two decades.

Ahmed reportedly suffered from mental health problems, claimed people were mean to him, and believed his ex-girlfriend’s family had placed a microphone device in his head. His duffel bag contained items he intended to use to torture the hostages. Negotiators persuaded an acquaintance in Alaska to convince Ahmed to release Patricia White, but during the twelfth hour he shot the two remaining hostages. Warbington was killed at the scene; McDaniel was critically wounded and died two days later. Louisiana State Police then entered and fatally shot Ahmed. Investigators concluded Ahmed acted alone and did not classify the incident as terrorism.