California: suspect in Bakersfield bank hostage standoff shot dead by police

Police said suspect, who had a bomb strapped to his body, was shot dead by FBI early Wednesday morningA man who barricaded himself inside a bank in the southern California city of Bakersfield on Tuesday has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said on Wednesday.The suspect, who remains unidentified, was holding an unknown number of people hostage inside in a standoff that stretched over roughly 12 hours. Police say all the hostages have been released and none were harmed. Continue reading...