FBI Personnel Have Fatally Shot a Man Holding Hostages in Bakersfield, California, Police Say
The suspect was killed after a 12-hour standoff, and police said all hostages were released unharmed after negotiations and an FBI shooting.
- 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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Suspect who took 10 hostages is dead after hourslong bomb threat at California building, authorities say
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A man who took 10 hostages while claiming to have explosives in a California school district’s offices before authorities killed him Wednesday morning was an Army veteran and convicted sex offender, authorities said. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, took the hostages on the second floor of the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield some 100 miles north of Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, leading to a roughly 15-h…
A man who held hostages inside an office building in California for more than 15 hours was shot down by the FBI earlier today, police reported. The hostages were found unharmed inside the building in downtown Bakersfield that houses a bank and a school district office, Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The suspect died in "a shooting involving agents" that involved Federal Bureau of Investigation staff around 4:20 a.m., the depa…
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FBI Fatally Shoots Suspect After Hostages Held For 12 Hours In Bakersfield
Authorities said hostages were found unharmed after a bomb threat at a downtown Bakersfield office building led to an overnight standoff. The post FBI Fatally Shoots Suspect After Hostages Held For 12 Hours In Bakersfield first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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