On an August day in 2013 the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, Louisiana, became the scene of a violent hostage situation. A 20-year-old gunman, Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, entered the bank armed with a handgun and an AK-47 and took three employees captive: Tamara LaDean Deannie McDaniel, Patricia White, and Charles Henry Jay Warbington, Jr.

Negotiations lasted for hours and led to the release of Patricia White after contact with a friend of Ahmed’s in Alaska. As the standoff neared midnight Ahmed became more erratic and shot the two remaining hostages in their upper bodies. State police entered and fatally shot Ahmed. Jay Warbington was killed at the scene; LaDean McDaniel was critically wounded, taken to Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, and died two days later.

Officials concluded Ahmed acted alone and said the incident was not terrorism but tied to his deteriorating mental state. If anyone knew LaDean McDaniel or has information about that night, please share what you remember.