[80862] Drama in the USA: Kidnapping and Bomb Threat at a Bank Branch in California

Drama at a bank in California: Gunman threatened to detonate and took hostages

A tense security incident occurred on Tuesday, June 3, 2026, in the city of Bakersfield, California, when an unidentified man took over a local branch of Chase bank. The suspect barricaded himself inside the building and threatened the bank employees and customers who were on site with detonating an explosive device.

According to a report by the channel آخرین خبر, which is associated with general news coverage in Iran, the incident began around 1:00 PM local time. The suspect claimed to those present that he was carrying an explosive belt on his body, which led to the declaration of a hostage-taking incident.

Similar details were also published in SNN.ir|خبرگزاری دانشجو, an Iranian student news agency identified with the conservative line. In the SNN report, it was noted that the incident occurred at the "main branch" of the bank in the city, and that the suspect "locked himself inside the building" while threatening to detonate the device on his body.

As of this stage, the sources did not provide details on the conclusion of the incident or the condition of the hostages, but described the occurrence as a "tense incident" (according to آخرین خبر). Both sources presented a nearly identical factual description of the incident in Bakersfield, with no material disagreements in the reported narrative.