FBI Personnel Have Fatally Shot a Man Holding Hostages in Bakersfield, California, Police Say
- Early Wednesday, the FBI shot and killed a gunman, ending a 15-hour hostage standoff at a downtown Bakersfield office building; all 10 hostages were found unharmed inside the facility housing a JPMorgan Chase branch and school district office.
- The standoff began around 1 p.m. Tuesday when the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a bomb threat at the four-story Chase Bank building, with the suspect barricading himself inside with several people.
- Crisis negotiators maintained telephone contact with the suspect, securing the release of two hostages Tuesday night; local livestreamer Jacob Davidson captured footage of the scene from a nearby tattoo shop.
- The FBI identified the suspect as 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, a registered sex offender with a history of violence; Sid Patel of the FBI Sacramento field office confirmed the suspect was killed at 4:20 a.m.
- Bakersfield, a city of about 380,000 residents in Kern County, is located approximately 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles; the downtown area remained cordoned off during the investigation.
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A cryptic message from a man at a California bank was the beginning of a 15-hour hostage situation
By Maria Aguilar Prieto, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Freddy Arredondo was in line at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, Tuesday afternoon chatting with a greeter when a man came up to him. “It’s a bad day to be in the bank,” the man said. Thinking the man was making small talk, Arredondo responded: “No, it’s not that bad, it’s not that packed.” But the man repeated himself and added, “Today’s your last day on Earth, you guys are going to die t…
A veteran of the U.S. Army was killed by the police on Wednesday, after taking hostages 10 people in a California bank building and attaching explosives to some of the captives, the authorities announced, notes AFP.
FBI Kills Armed Man Holding 10 Hostages in Bakersfield Office Building
Already a subscriber? Make sure to log into your account before viewing this content. You can access your account by hitting the “login” button on the top right corner. Still unable to see the content after signing in? Make sure your card on file is up-to-date. The FBI shot and killed a man who held 10 people hostage inside a downtown Bakersfield office building, ending a roughly 16-hour standoff with all the hostages rescued unharmed. …
He barricaded himself, armed with explosives.
10 hostages rescued, suspect neutralized at Chase Bank in Bakersfield
Ten hostages were rescued after a man with suspected explosives took over an office inside a Chase Bank building in Bakersfield, California, according to police and the FBI. The suspect was killed when the FBI’s hostage rescue team entered the building. The incident began at about 12:59 p.m. on Tuesday when Bakersfield police received calls about a man with an explosive device who had entered the Chase Bank building at Chester Avenue and 17th St…
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