Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSearle-Harris had a history of violence and is a registered sex offender (AP Photo/David Dennis)The man who held 10 hostages overnight in a Chase Bank building in Bakersfield, California, has been identified as an Army veteran with a violent history.The incident began around 1 p.m. on Tuesday when Anthony Scott Searle-Harris, 41, took the hostages, who were employees of a local school district, on the second floor of the building, claiming to have explosives.Five of the 10 hostages were tied up during the standoff, but authorities confirmed that none of them sustained any injuries.Searle-Harris, who was also a registered sex offender and had been discharged from the U.S. Army for going AWOL, had a documented history of violence.The standoff concluded just after 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning when FBI agents shot and killed Searle-Harris.In fullBakersfield bomb threat latest: Suspect shot dead by FBI is ID’d as horrific details emerge of hostage ordealThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

A man is held up inside Chase Bank in Downtown Bakersfield, California with what appears to be a bomb strapped to his chest - police negotiators are already at the scene

An unidentified man entered the bank and is currently "barricaded" with an unknown number of people, according to Bakersfield Police Department Sgt. Eric Celedon.

Bakersfield police said in a social media post that "a confirmed bomb threat" was taking place at a Chase bank branch downtown.

Officers responded to a report of a bomb threat in the afternoon at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield

A suspect with a bomb strapped to his body allegedly barricaded himself inside a California bank Tuesday afternoon with an unknown number of hostages.

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Reports of a bomb threat at the Chase Bank Building in California emerged after a man had barricaded himself inside the building with several community members

A tense standoff unfolded Tuesday in Bakersfield, California, as a man barricaded himself inside a bank with an unknown number of hostages, police confirmed.

A man barricaded himself inside a Chase Bank in Bakersfield with hostages, making bomb threats. Police, SWAT, and federal teams are on scene working for a safe resolution.

The authorities had been negotiating with a man inside an office building in Bakersfield, Calif., that included a Chase Bank branch. It was unclear how many people he held hostage.

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A suspect is dead and all hostages are safe after a standoff at a Bakersfield bank ended in a police shooting.

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Anthony Scott Searles-Harris has been named as the suspected bank robber who strapped a bomb to himself and held people hostage in Bakersfield.

Anthony Scott Searles-Harris held 10 people hostage at a California bank for 15 hours before he was shot dead by the FBI

Police identified Anthony Scott Searles-Harris as the suspect who was killed by FBI agents after taking 10 people hostage in Bakersfield.

Freddy Arredondo was in line at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, Tuesday afternoon chatting with a greeter when a man came up to him.