A report of a bomb threat at a Chase Bank branch in downtown Bakersfield, California, prompted authorities to evacuate the area Tuesday afternoon, police said

A man suspected of having a bomb was killed by the FBI, allowing all hostages inside a Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield to be released Wednesday morning, officials said.

BAKERSFIELD, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Un hombre que mantenía rehenes dentro de un edificio en California fue abatido por agentes del FBI, informó la policía el miércoles. El sospechoso murió en “un tiroteo en el que participaron agentes y que involucró a personal de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones”,

The FBI on Wednesday said the suspect who was shot and killed by officers after holding several people hostage inside a downtown Bakersfield, California, building was “no stranger” to law enforcement and sought county school officials on the building’s second floor.