Tropical Storm Francine developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday and was expected to make landfall Wednesday as a hurricane along the coast of Louisiana, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center also warned of potentially life-threatening storm surge for portions of the upper Texas and Louisiana coastlines.

Storm shelters to open across Southeast Louisiana due to Tropical Storm Francine On September 12, 2014, Shandon Barnes was driving near the corner of Flanders Street and General Meyer Avenue at around 4:00 in the afternoon when someone opened fire into the blue SUV he was driving.