The FBI shot and killed an armed man who was holding hostages inside a facility in California that housed a bank branch and a school district office, authorities said Wednesday.
The suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,” the Bakersfield Police Department stated in a statement. Police said they were called to the building, which took roughly 12 hours. All the hostages were freed unharmed, authorities added.
The incident began Tuesday afternoon in downtown Bakersfield, when authorities responded to a call of a bomb threat at the Chase Bank facility. Bakersfield Police say the man was barricaded inside with several others. Two of them were released Tuesday after conversations with authorities.
The situation in downtown Bakersfield began Tuesday afternoon when authorities were dispatched to a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building. Several individuals were inside with the man, who locked himself, the Bakersfield Police said. Two people were released Tuesday following negotiations with authority A bank branch is located on the ground floor of the building and is now unoccupied, a spokesman for JPMorgan Chase said.
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