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<\/p>\nAn hourslong standoff that began Tuesday came to an end early Wednesday after a suspect who had barricaded himself inside a bank building in Bakersfield, California was shot by Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident began unfolding at around 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday when officers were dispatched to a report of a “bomb threat” at a Chase bank branch downtown. Police said officers arrived to find a man who had barricaded himself in the building “with several community members.” Some people were able to escape, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All the buildings in the surrounding area were evacuated. Police responded with SWAT teams, hostage negotiators and a bomb squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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An overhead view shows the scene of a standoff after a man barricaded himself inside a Chase bank on June 2, 2026 in Bakersfield, California.<\/p>\n
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Early Tuesday evening, Bakersfield police Sgt. Eric Celedon said in a social media video that the suspect had agreed to release one of the hostages.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Through our negotiations with the individual inside, we were able to negotiate the safe surrender of one of the hostages inside the building,” Celedon said. <\/p>\n
A little after 9 p.m. local time, police announced in an update that the suspect had agreed to the release of a second hostage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At 4:20 a.m. local time, the hostage situation “concluded following an officer-involved shooting” by FBI personnel, the Bakersfield Police Department said in a news release. The police department said it was not involved in the use of force. The FBI’s Sacramento office previously\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on social media that it was “aware of the crisis in progress” and was sending assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, the department said. The suspect has not been identified, and details about what led up to the standoff have not been provided. A news conference is set for later Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The remaining hostages were unharmed, the department said, and received medical evaluation at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We are aware of the ongoing situation occurring at the building where our branch is located on the ground floor,” a Chase Bank spokesperson told CBS News in a statement. “The branch is currently empty, and we are working with authorities.” \u00a0<\/p>\n Police said the public should expect road closures and delays in the area around the bank until sometime this afternoon. \u00a0<\/p>\n An official with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office earlier told CBS News that Bakersfield police had alerted the sheriff’s office about the incident, but had not asked for assistance.<\/p>\n Bakersfield is located about 110 miles north of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n \n Go deeper with The Free Press\n <\/p>\n