California Man Barricaded
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Family members of hostages wait a block away from a bank building where a man barricaded himself inside with hostages Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Bakersfield, Calif.
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Officials say police are locked in negotiations with a man holding hostages inside a building that houses a Chase bank branch and school district office in the Southern California city of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said Tuesday that officers responding to a call of a bomb threat arrived at the scene around 1 p.m. in downtown Bakersfield and discovered a man had barricaded himself inside the building with “several community members.” Police say through negotiations, two of the hostages were able to be released and the rest are in “good health." About a dozen police cars were on scene along with the FBI.
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