The man who held people hostage at a Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, was shot dead by the FBI after a 15-hour standoff.
On Tuesday afternoon, a man with bombs strapped to his chest held people hostage at a Chase Bank.
Nearby buildings were evacuated.
“An unidentified male subject is currently barricaded with an unknown number of members of our community, ”Sergeant Eric Celedon of the Bakersfield Police Department told ABC 23 on Tuesday. “Every single resource is at this site’s disposal.”
After a 15-hour standoff and negotiations, the man was shot dead by the FBI.
All of the hostages were rescued. No one was injured.
The AP reported:
A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said Wednesday.
The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,” the Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The standoff ended about 12 hours after police were called to the building, police said.
All the hostages are free and none was harmed, police said.
The standoff in downtown Bakersfield began Tuesday afternoon when officers responded to a call of a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building.
Bakersfield Police said the man barricaded himself inside with several people. Two were released Tuesday after negotiations with authorities.
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