A terrifying 12 hour standoff in Bakersfield, California came to a deadly end when FBI agents fatally shot a man who had taken several people hostage inside an office building.
The confrontation began after a bomb threat was reported at the downtown Chase Bank complex which also houses local school district offices.
What started as a police response to a potential explosive situation quickly developed into a tense siege that gripped the community overnight.
According to Bakersfield police, the man barricaded ...
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