The situation started Tuesday afternoon in a building in downtown Bakersfield that houses a Chase bank branch.

An hourslong standoff that began Tuesday came to an end early Wednesday after a suspect who had barricaded himself inside a bank building in Bakersfield, California was shot by Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,

More than 15 hours after hostages were taken and a bomb threat made at a bank building in Bakersfield, California, the situation ended with the suspect dead and hostages unharmed early Wednesday, police said.

Through negotiations, two of the hostages were released and the rest are in “good health,” city police Sgt. Eric Celedon said.

Police say a man barricaded himself inside a bank in Bakersfield, California, on Tuesday and appeared to have a bomb strapped to his body. The suspect also took several people hostage. Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest.

Further investigation revealed that a man had barricaded himself inside Chase Bank building with "several community members," Bakersfield police said.

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

Police say a man barricaded himself inside a bank in the Southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people