Bomb threat standoff at Bakersfield Chase Bank continues as negotiators work to release hostages

A standoff involving a antheral who allegedly made weaponry threats astatine a Chase Bank successful downtown Bakersfield, California, stretched into Tuesday evening arsenic negotiators worked to unafraid the merchandise of radical inactive wrong the building.

The Bakersfield Police Department said officers responded soon aft 1 p.m. to a reported weaponry menace astatine the Chase Bank adjacent Chester Avenue and 17th Street.

During a briefing with reporters, Bakersfield Police Sgt. Eric Celedon said authorities learned that an unidentified antheral entered the slope and remained wrong with an chartless fig of assemblage members.

"What I tin warrant the assemblage close present is that each azygous assets is astatine the site's disposal," Celedon said, adding that SWAT officers, weaponry squad personnel, K-9 teams, negotiators and drone operators had been deployed to the scene.

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The Chase Bank gathering adjacent Chester Avenue and 17th Street successful downtown Bakersfield, California. Police responded to a reported weaponry menace Tuesday and negotiated the merchandise of 1 idiosyncratic arsenic authorities worked to resoluteness an ongoing standoff. (Google Maps)

In a station connected X, the section described the incidental arsenic a "confirmed weaponry threat" and urged residents to debar the downtown area, informing that roadworthy closures would stay successful effect until further notice.

According to section presumption KBAK, authorities judge the fishy whitethorn person had a weaponry strapped to his assemblage and had barricaded himself wrong the gathering with respective people.

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Police established a perimeter astir a Chase Bank gathering successful downtown Bakersfield, California, aft reports of a weaponry menace and ongoing standoff involving a barricaded suspect. (KBAK)

The presumption reported that 1 idiosyncratic was safely released earlier 5 p.m. pursuing negotiations involving Bakersfield constabulary and the FBI's dialog team.

"At this time, everybody other inactive remains wrong the building, and everybody other inactive remains successful bully health," Celedon said.

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Law enforcement officers responded to a reported weaponry menace astatine a Chase Bank successful downtown Bakersfield, California, wherever negotiators worked to resoluteness an ongoing standoff involving a fishy wrong the building. (KBAK)

Jason Pack, a retired FBI supervisory peculiar agent, told Fox News Digital that the information negotiators stay successful connection with the fishy is simply a important development.

"As agelong arsenic connection is open, you person options," Pack said.

Pack noted that suspects who present existent oregon alleged explosive devices often bash truthful to summation leverage alternatively than instantly transportation retired an attack, adding that negotiators are typically focused connected knowing a suspect's demands and creating opportunities to unafraid the merchandise of further people.

"The FBI has confirmed it is alert of the concern and sending assistance," helium said. "Any weaponry menace astatine a fiscal instauration triggers national jurisdiction automatically, which means Bakersfield PD and the FBI are coordinating closely." 

KBAK reported that respective metropolis buildings, including City Hall North, City Hall South, the Development Services Building and Bakersfield Police Headquarters, were placed connected lockdown arsenic a precaution owed to the adjacent incident.

In a connection obtained by the outlet, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh said metropolis officials were intimately monitoring the concern and thanked instrumentality enforcement unit for their response.

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"We proceed to intimately show the concern unfolding successful our metropolis and stay acrophobic for the information and well-being of everyone involved," Goh said.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the bureau of Mayor Karen Goh for further comment.