A hostage situation at a bank building in Bakersfield, California ends after an FBI officer-involved shooting that kills a man suspected of holding hostages. Police say the standoff lasts roughly 12 to 15 hours, with authorities called to the scene after the suspect barricades himself inside a bank that is also part of a building used by the school district, according to reporting. Multiple outlets report that negotiations occur during the standoff as the suspect holds multiple people as hostages and makes claims related to explosives. Authorities later say all hostages are released and none are harmed. CBS and other outlets describe the conclusion as an FBI shooting of the suspect, based on police statements. Local police and officials provide updates on the end of the incident, stating the suspect is killed in an officer-involved shooting involving federal personnel. While outlet timing details differ slightly, the overall sequence is consistent across reports: an hourslong standoff at the Bakersfield bank, hostages are freed, and the suspect is shot and killed by the FBI.
FBI kills hostage-taker in Bakersfield bank standoff after hostages are freed
A hostage situation at a bank building in Bakersfield, California ends after an FBI officer-involved shooting that kills a man suspected of holding hostages. Police say the standoff lasts roughly 12 t...
- A hostage situation occurs at a bank building in Bakersfield, California, involving a suspect who barricades himself inside.
- Authorities report the standoff lasts about 12 to 15 hours, with negotiations during the incident.
- Police and officials say all hostages are released and none are harmed.
- The suspect is killed in an officer-involved shooting involving FBI personnel, according to police statements.
- Reporting includes claims by the suspect involving explosives during the standoff.
Law enforcement negotiated with the Bakersfield Chase Bank robber for hours before they made the decision to end the stand-off violently, blowing the suspect's "head off" in front of his captives.
2 months agoA 15-hour standoff at a bank building in Bakersfield, California, ended Wednesday after all hostages were freed and the suspect was killed by the FBI. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
2 months agoThe FBI stormed a building in Bakersfield, California to end a nearly 16-hour standoff during which the suspect had tied up hostages and claimed he strapped explosives to them and himself
2 months agoAuthorities in Bakersfield, California, offered details Wednesday on the hourslong standoff with a suspect who barricaded himself in a bank "with several community members," according to police. The situation ended early Wednesday when FBI personnel shot the suspect, authorities said.
2 months agoThe FBI shot and killed a person suspected of holding people hostage at a bank in Bakersfield, California, police said, adding that all hostages are safe. CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest.
2 months agoA man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said on Wednesday. The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel”, the Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The stand-off ended about 12 hours after police were called to the building, police said. All the hostages are free and none was harmed, police said. The stand-off...
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