Overview
- Police say a man entered the Chase Bank on Chester Avenue and 17th Street and barricaded himself with multiple community members after making bomb threats, according to Bakersfield Police statements.
- Local SWAT, bomb squad, K-9 teams and crisis negotiators responded and the FBI and ATF dispatched resources to assist in the standoff.
- Negotiators secured the safe surrender of at least one person and several outlets report a second release, but authorities say some people remain inside and counts vary across reports.
- Officials say no injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made as teams maintain a security perimeter, downtown road closures and precautionary lockdowns of City Hall and police headquarters.
- Bomb technicians have not publicly confirmed an explosive device so investigators continue to treat the incident as an active bomb-threat response while working toward a safe resolution.