Overview
- Officers responded to a confirmed bomb threat at the Chase Bank building and found an unidentified man barricaded inside with several community members after a call around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
- Local crisis negotiators and FBI negotiators secured at least two hostage releases during the evening before negotiations continued overnight.
- The FBI assumed tactical command late Tuesday and at about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday agents opened fire, killing the suspect and allowing officers to recover the remaining hostages unharmed.
- All people found in the building were evaluated by medical teams at the scene, no public reports of serious injuries have emerged, and authorities have not released the suspect's name or motive.
- A multiagency investigation involving the Bakersfield Police, FBI, ATF and Homeland Security is under way, with scene processing, forensic work and follow-up searches being reported by officials.