Bakersfield, California bank hostage standoff enters second day without resolution

The Bakersfield Police Department successful California announced connected Tuesday that a antheral had barricaded himself successful a Chase Bank Building with immoderate assemblage members, and arsenic of Wednesday greeting the section has not yet announced a solution to the hostage standoff.

"The Bakersfield Police Department received a telephone astatine astir 1:00 p.m. regarding reports of a weaponry menace astatine the Chase Bank gathering located astatine the halfway of Chester Aveneue and 17th Street," a Tuesday property merchandise noted. "During the investigation, it was determined that an big antheral taxable had barricaded himself wrong the gathering with respective assemblage members."

BOMB THREAT STANDOFF AT BAKERSFIELD CHASE BANK CONTINUES AS NEGOTIATORS WORK TO RELEASE HOSTAGES

A Bakersfield constabulary serviceman coordinates sniper positions with an FBI cause extracurricular a slope subdivision successful Bakersfield, California, United States connected June 03, 2026.  (Authorities successful Bakersfield, California)

The section aboriginal announced successful a station issued conscionable aft midnight ET that it had "negotiated the merchandise of a 2nd hostage."

The FBI Sacremento indicated that it is supporting the effect to the episode.