A man was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday after holding 10 school employees hostage, including some who were tied up, and warning he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages inside a Southern California office building, police said.

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.

A 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.

The suspect responsible for holding hostages inside a bank in downtown Bakersfield, California was shot and killed by the FBI.