A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said on Wednesday.
The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel”, the Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The stand-off ended about 12 hours after police were called to the building, police said.
All the hostages are free and none was harmed, police said.
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The stand-off in downtown Bakersfield began on Tuesday afternoon when officers responded to a call of a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building.
Bakersfield Police said the man barricaded himself inside with several people. Two were released on Tuesday after negotiations with authorities.
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Nearby buildings, including City Hall and the police headquarters, were evacuated and some roads were temporarily closed during the hostage situation.