DAILYCALLER (Ann Rodgers) - FBI Shoots Hostage Taker Dead After Hours-Long Standoff, Police Say
"This is a horrific event," said Sid Patel according to ABC News.
HUFFPOST - Suspect Who Took 10 People Hostage In California Standoff Has Been Shot And Killed, Police Say
Authorities stormed the building in downtown Bakersfield overnight, ending a nearly 16-hour standoff.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Hostages safe after FBI shoots and kills suspect in California bank standoff
A 15-hour hostage standoff at a Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, has ended. The FBI shot and killed the suspect, police say, while the hostages were unharmed. NewsNation's Nancy Loo reports. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NYTIMES (Francesca Regalado and Isabella Kwai) - FBI Kills Suspect in Hostage Situation at Building With Bank in Bakersfield, California
The authorities had been negotiating with a man inside an office building in Bakersfield, Calif., that included a Chase Bank branch. It was unclear how many people he held hostage.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - FBI agents fatally shoot man holding hostages in Bakersfield, California office building
The 12-hour standoff began Tuesday when police responded to a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Man allegedly takes hostages in active bomb threat at Southern California bank
Bakersfield Police spokesperson Sally Selby told reporters that several "community members" were in the bank and that crisis negotiators were working to bring the situation to a peaceful resolution.
ABCNEWS - Standoff underway after bomb threat reported at bank: Police
An unidentified man entered the bank and is currently "barricaded" with an unknown number of people, according to Bakersfield Police Department Sgt. Eric Celedon.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - Is Living in Middle America Odd?
For inhabitants of the Dream Factory, Ohio seems like an alien land. The post Is Living in Middle America Odd? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Is Living in Middle America Odd? For inhabitants of the Dream Factory, Ohio seems like an alien land. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Among the more curious features of my job as a critic who writes regularly about the motion picture industry is explaining to various interview subjects, PR flacks, and sometimes even professional colleagues that I live in Ohio. In my experience, most people who work in Hollywood assume that nearly everyone who might enter their orbit also works in Hollywood or some other acceptably cosmopolitan locale, which means, in practice, New York. Remarkably, this habit of mind…Open