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
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California hostage taker identified as convicted sex offender who claimed frame-up
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