{"id":344343,"date":"2026-06-03T07:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344343\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:50:13","slug":"california-bank-hostage-situation-police-negotiate-with-man-in-bakersfield-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344343\/","title":{"rendered":"California Bank Hostage Situation: Police Negotiate With Man In Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are locked in negotiations with a man holding hostages inside a Chase bank branch in the city of Bakersfield, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responded to a call of a bomb threat at the bank building located at the corner of Chester Avenue and 17th Street at around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, and determined a man had barricaded himself inside \u201cwith several community members,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/city-of-bakersfield-agrees-to-22m-payout-in-2023-crash-case-involving-police-pursuit-11599430\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Bakersfield Police Department;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bakersfield Police Department&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bakersfield Police Department<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Through negotiations, two of the hostages were released and the rest are in \u201cgood health,\u201d city police Sgt. Eric Celedon said. \u201cWe have every single resource at our disposal out here to bring this to the safest resolution possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No injuries have been reported so far.\u00a0Police have urged the public to stay out of the area as it remains a very active situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bakersfield Police said the department\u2019s crisis negotiation team was in contact with the suspect by telephone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers established a perimeter around the building and nearby businesses, authorities said. Buildings in the vicinity were evacuated, including city hall and the police headquarters, and some roads were temporarily closed.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Multiple police vehicles are stationed outside the bank in Bakersfield, California.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/68f8f0db1c566853bc56914984c53e0e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple police vehicles are stationed outside the bank in Bakersfield, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a breaking news story. 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