FBI says California hostage taker targeted school officials, ‘no stranger’ to police
The FBI reported that the suspect involved in a hostage situation in Bakersfield, California, was known to law enforcement. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, a registered sex offender, held 10 school officials hostage for approximately 12 hours. The incident ended with Searles-Harris being shot and killed by police, and no hostages were injured.
- ▪The suspect, Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, was identified as a 41-year-old with a criminal record.
- ▪He had previously served in the U.S. Army but was dishonorably discharged.
- ▪The hostage situation took place at the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office, not at a bank as initially reported.
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The FBI on Wednesday said the suspect who was shot and killed by officers after holding several people hostage inside a downtown Bakersfield, California, building was “no stranger” to law enforcement and sought county school officials on the building’s second floor. During a press conference following the officer-involved shooting that ended an hourslong standoff, FBI Special Agent in Charge for the Sacramento field office Sid Patel identified 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles-Harris as the suspect.
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