An active hostage situation unfolded in downtown Bakersfield, California, after police responded to a bomb threat on Tuesday afternoon. A man barricaded himself inside an office building on the 1500 block of 17th Street around 1:00 p.m. local time, taking an unknown number of people hostage and forcing mass evacuations in the surrounding area.
03 Jun 2026-12:42
03 Jun 2026-12:42
