A 15-hour hostage standoff in downtown Bakersfield ended Wednesday morning when FBI agents fatally shot the suspect. - The suspect, Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, took 10 hostages at an office building on 17th Street.
- He tied up five hostages and strapped explosives to several, authorities said. - Two hostages were freed during overnight negotiations; the standoff ended around 4:30 a.m.
when the FBI shot the suspect. - All hostages were rescued unharmed; the suspect's motives remain under investigation.