Crisis negotiators negotiated the safe surrender of one of the hostages inside the Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield. Others held inside were “in good health," according to police.

Police say a suspect has taken at least one hostage at a Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the latest.

Police were dispatched to a Chase Bank branch in Bakersfield, and the ATF said it was sending resources to the city.

Police in Bakersfield, California, asked residents to stay clear of a Chase Bank building, as they were responding to a confirmed bomb threat on Tuesday, June 2. Footage streamed live by Kern County

Police say a man barricaded himself inside a bank in the Southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people

Authorities were engaged in an hourslong hostage standoff Tuesday with a suspect who was barricaded inside a bank in the Southern California city of Bakersfield. The suspect had agreed to release one of the hostages,

A hostage situation was underway involving a suspect who allegedly made bomb threats.

A man barricaded himself inside a bank building in the Southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people, police said Tuesday.