FBI Personnel Have Fatally Shot a Man Holding Hostages in Bakersfield, California, Police Say
The FBI said the suspect had tied up five hostages and warned of explosives before agents stormed the building and ended the standoff.
- 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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The warning came as a one-liner: "It's a bad day to be in the bank." That's how Freddy Arredondo says a 15-hour hostage crisis began Tuesday at a Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield, California, CNN reports. Police say the man who approached him, 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, then revealed...
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
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He barricaded himself, armed with explosives.
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