A 41-year-old man claiming to have explosives held 10 people hostage inside a Chase Bank in Bakersfield for 15 tense hours this week before FBI agents shot and killed him, authorities said.
Anthony Scott Searles-Harris told law enforcement he had explosives on him and even strapped some to hostages, Bakersfield Police Assistant Chief Jeremy Blakemore said at a Wednesday press conference.
“Numerous other employees and patrons had fled the building during the suspect’s takeover, and we immediately began evacuating the surrounding area,” Blakemore said…