SWAT standoff in northwest Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, CA - The sheriff's department SWAT and Bakersfield police SWAT members are out in an area of northwest Bakersfield.

A man is holed up in a home on Cedarcrest Avenue, that's near Norris Road and Patton Way.

The standoff has been going on since early Friday morning.

Just a few minutes ago sheriff's deputies asked us to move down the street saying we were in the line of fire.

There is a deputy here at the end of Cedarcrest Avenue at Norris Road with his gear