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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