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Holy shit! Any one in the Bakersfield CA area? (Original Post) mwmisses4289 16 hrs ago OP
Ok, this is real, according to kbak, la times, mwmisses4289 15 hrs ago #1
NBCnews.com: Man takes hostages at California bank as bomb threat prompts evacuations chowder66 15 hrs ago #2
1 hostage released. All safe so far. SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #3
yes, it's been going on for hours BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #4
Yikes! Hope all will be freed safely! electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #5

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2. NBCnews.com: Man takes hostages at California bank as bomb threat prompts evacuations
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 09:45 PM
15 hrs ago

A man was barricaded with an unknown number of hostages Tuesday at a California bank where police had received reports of a bomb threat.

“Several community members” were inside the Chase Bank in the city of Bakersfield, police spokesperson Sally Selby said in a statement, adding that crisis negotiators were working to bring the situation to a peaceful resolution.

At least one person who had been held was freed, police told reporters at the scene.

No injuries have been reported, Selby said, adding that members of the Bakersfield Police Department’s Crisis Negotiation Team were communicating with the barricaded man.




https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bakersfield-bomb-threat-chase-rcna348174

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