The FBI is investigating a deadly agent-involved shooting Thursday on the city's West Side. A large Chicago police response was at the scene as well.

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.

Federal agents and special tactical units are prepared to help police at the Jersey Shore control large crowds and prevent disorderly behavior over Memorial Day weekend. Earlier this week, Seaside Heights Mayor Tony Vaz said FBI agents and SWAT teams are “prepared” to help authorities make arrests and maintain order over Memorial Day weekend.

A major police standoff has gripped downtown Bakersfield after a man barricaded himself inside a Chase Bank during what authorities described as an active hostage situation tied to a bomb threat. Bakersfield police said officers were called to the bank around 1 p.

Officials say police are locked in negotiations with a man holding hostages inside a building that houses a Chase bank branch and school district office in the Southern California city of Bakersfield