{"id":345707,"date":"2026-06-04T00:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/345707\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:47:40","slug":"bakersfield-hostage-suspect-killed-by-fbi-all-hostages-rescued-safe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/345707\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield hostage suspect killed by FBI; all hostages rescued safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 12-hour hostage standoff inside a Bakersfield building housing a Chase Bank and school district offices ended early Wednesday morning when the suspect was shot and killed by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All remaining hostages were rescued unharmed and treated at the scene; two other hostages had been released earlier Tuesday night during phone negotiations with crisis teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Downtown roads remain closed and a heavy police presence continues as investigators process the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013 A 12-hour hostage standoff at a downtown Bakersfield building housing a Chase Bank and school district offices ended early Wednesday morning after the suspect was shot and killed by FBI agents and all remaining hostages were safely rescued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident began Tuesday afternoon when the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man barricaded himself inside the structure with several hostages, prompting the immediate evacuation of nearby buildings, including City Hall and the police headquarters, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/bakersfield-chase-bank-hostage-situation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Suspect accused of making bomb threats barricaded at Chase Bank in Bakersfield;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;Suspect accused of making bomb threats barricaded at Chase Bank in Bakersfield&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Suspect accused of making bomb threats barricaded at Chase Bank in Bakersfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The police department&#8217;s crisis negotiation team established contact with the suspect by telephone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During these negotiations on Tuesday, two hostages were successfully released, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JPMorgan Chase confirmed that its ground-floor bank branch was empty during the crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The standoff ended at around 4:20 a.m. on Wednesday when FBI personnel opened fire, killing the suspect, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local authorities confirmed that Bakersfield Police Department personnel did not use force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All remaining hostages were located unharmed and received medical evaluations at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The identity and motive of the suspect have not yet been released by authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It remains unclear exactly how many total hostages were held inside the building or how the suspect managed to get inside with a suspected explosive device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police have not detailed what specific actions prompted the FBI to open fire early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have every single resource at our disposal out here to bring this to the safest resolution possible,&#8221; Bakersfield police Sgt. Eric Celedon said Tuesday during the early hours of the standoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jacob Davidson, a local livestreamer known as Dad\u2019s Gone Live, witnessed the massive response from a family tattoo shop one block away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I went into the bank\u2019s parking garage and watched the cops enter the back of the bank. This is the biggest police presence I\u2019ve ever seen in this town,&#8221; Davidson said. Davidson&#8217;s livestream later captured a woman rocking back and forth through a building window Tuesday night before crouching down, followed by the sight of two waving hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A significant law enforcement presence will remain in downtown Bakersfield for several hours as investigators process the active scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation into the suspect and the details of the barricade remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was reported from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report is based on information provided by the Bakersfield Police Department and JPMorgan Chase representatives. The Associated Press contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 12-hour hostage standoff inside a Bakersfield building housing a Chase Bank and school district offices&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,70043,1048,1055,111713,75342,16418,3042,1027],"class_list":["post-345707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-chase-bank","tag-downtown-bakersfield","tag-fbi","tag-hostage-standoff","tag-hostages","tag-local-authorities","tag-police-presence","tag-wednesday-morning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}