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Man shot dead by FBI after taking hostages at California bank
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- A man who had been holding several people hostage overnight inside a California bank has been shot dead in a standoff with the FBI, police said.
- The suspect was killed in "an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel" on Wednesday, the Bakersfield Police Department said.
- The fatal shooting ended a tense period after the suspect barricaded himself with several others inside the multistory Chase Bank building on Tuesday in Bakersfield, 110 miles (177km) north of Los Angeles.
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Sakshi Venkatraman Getty Images. A man who had been holding several people hostage overnight inside a California bank has been shot dead in a standoff with the FBI, police said.
The suspect was killed in "an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel" on Wednesday, the Bakersfield Police Department said.
The fatal shooting ended a tense period after the suspect barricaded himself with several others inside the multistory Chase Bank building on Tuesday in Bakersfield, 110 miles (177km) north of Los Angeles. Police had originally responded to a bomb threat at the scene.
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