Police say a man held 10 people hostage inside a California office building before the FBI shot and killed him, bringing a more than 15-hour standoff to an end. The Bakersfield Police Department says the hostages were found unharmed early Wednesday inside the downtown Bakersfield building that houses a bank and a school district office. The standoff began Tuesday afternoon when officers responded to a call of a bomb threat. Authorities say the suspect was an Army veteran who was dishonorably discharged, had a history of trouble with law enforcement and was a registered sex offender.

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.