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ST. JOSEPH, La. A man who held bank employees hostage at a branch in rural Louisiana shot the two remaining hostages before SWAT team stormed the Tensas State Bank and killed him early Wednesday after a 12-hour standoff.
Police identified the suspect Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, 20, whose family owns a convenience store in this Mississippi River town, Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said.
The suspect had been threatening to kill one or both of his hostages, and shot them when police entered the building. Police then shot and killed him, Paxton said.
"He was angry and he wanted to kill hostages," Paxton said of the twenty-year old gunman.
Police said around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday Ahmed walked into the bank and seized the three bank employees before releasing a female hostage, identified as Patricia Davis, unharmed after nine hours. A man and a woman remained captive.
"His intent was to inflict pain and kill these individuals," Edmunson said.
Ahmed was a paranoid schizophrenic, Edmonson said. Police went to the suspects house and found a note "detailing exactly what he was going to do," in the attack and a book about hostage negotiations, as well as other planning materials, Edmonson said.
"He was mad at people that he said were mean to him," he said. One of his demands to authorities was that they get the device out of his head, Edmonson said.
"He heard voices in his head and wanted a thing in his head removed."
Edmonson said a negotiator was talking with Ahmed throughout the day, but Ahmed often hung up the phone.
"This was not a bank robbery," State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson told reporters. "He actually had a book for negotiations and knew exactly how the negotiations would take place, the questions he would be asked."
Ahmed told the negotiator he was going to kill the two remaining hostages at midnight. When the suspect heard the SWAT team enter the building just before midnight he shot the two hostages in the chest. Police then shot and killed him, Paxton said.
The two wounded hostages were rushed to local hospitals but one of them later died, said State Police Sergeant Eric Cuenca.
The other victim, was listed in critical condition, remained hospitalized on Wednesday, said Charla Ducote, spokeswoman for Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Edmonson said Ahmed used a handgun to shoot the hostages. He also had a rifle and assortment of items to hurt the hostages.
"This is certainly not the way I wanted this to end, but I believe his mind was set from the beginning," Edmonson said.
The names of the hostages were not immediately released.
St. Joseph is a quiet farming town of about 1,200 residents about 100 miles north of the state capital of Baton Rouge.
"I wouldn't expect something like that to happen here,'' Mayor Edward Brown said. "It's just bizarre."
Ahmed was the California-born son of Yemeni parents.
Police identified the suspect Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, 20, whose family owns a convenience store in this Mississippi River town, Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said.
The suspect had been threatening to kill one or both of his hostages, and shot them when police entered the building. Police then shot and killed him, Paxton said.
"He was angry and he wanted to kill hostages," Paxton said of the twenty-year old gunman.
Police said around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday Ahmed walked into the bank and seized the three bank employees before releasing a female hostage, identified as Patricia Davis, unharmed after nine hours. A man and a woman remained captive.
"His intent was to inflict pain and kill these individuals," Edmunson said.
Ahmed was a paranoid schizophrenic, Edmonson said. Police went to the suspects house and found a note "detailing exactly what he was going to do," in the attack and a book about hostage negotiations, as well as other planning materials, Edmonson said.
"He was mad at people that he said were mean to him," he said. One of his demands to authorities was that they get the device out of his head, Edmonson said.
"He heard voices in his head and wanted a thing in his head removed."
Edmonson said a negotiator was talking with Ahmed throughout the day, but Ahmed often hung up the phone.
"This was not a bank robbery," State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson told reporters. "He actually had a book for negotiations and knew exactly how the negotiations would take place, the questions he would be asked."
Ahmed told the negotiator he was going to kill the two remaining hostages at midnight. When the suspect heard the SWAT team enter the building just before midnight he shot the two hostages in the chest. Police then shot and killed him, Paxton said.
The two wounded hostages were rushed to local hospitals but one of them later died, said State Police Sergeant Eric Cuenca.
The other victim, was listed in critical condition, remained hospitalized on Wednesday, said Charla Ducote, spokeswoman for Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Edmonson said Ahmed used a handgun to shoot the hostages. He also had a rifle and assortment of items to hurt the hostages.
"This is certainly not the way I wanted this to end, but I believe his mind was set from the beginning," Edmonson said.
The names of the hostages were not immediately released.
St. Joseph is a quiet farming town of about 1,200 residents about 100 miles north of the state capital of Baton Rouge.
"I wouldn't expect something like that to happen here,'' Mayor Edward Brown said. "It's just bizarre."
Ahmed was the California-born son of Yemeni parents.