A man barricaded himself and hostages in a bank Tuesday afternoon. He stayed in the bank until an FBI agent shot and killed him early Wednesday morning. No hostages were harmed. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
June 3 (UPI) -- A 15-hour standoff at a California bank ended with the suspect shot dead and all hostages freed, police said Wednesday.
The man had barricaded himself inside the Chase Bank building on Chester Avenue and 17th Street in Bakersfield at about 1 p.m. PDT Tuesday. Police were sent to the downtown bank for a bomb threat, and when they arrived they found a man was inside the bank with several hostages, though some were able to escape.
Buildings in the area were evacuated, and police responded with SWAT teams, hostage negotiators and a bomb squad.
Twice on Tuesday evening, hostage negotiators convinced the suspect to release a hostage.
