Early Sunday morning around 1:34 a.m., police received a 911 call about a large bar fight involving a man with a firearm in the Pioneer Square neighborhood.
Officers arrived in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue South and met with security who provided a description of the man with the firearm. Police located and detained the man attempting to flee nearby in a parking lot.
It was reported to police the male suspect was refused entry into the bar because he was armed. When a fight later began inside the business, the suspect attempted to interject himself by pushing pass security. He was seen brandishing a firearm in a threatening manner at security as they addressed the disturbance. There were no reported injuries at the time of this incident.
Police recovered the concealed firearm from the waistband of the suspect. The firearm was reported stolen out of King County.
The 20-year-old male suspect was arrested for investigation of harassment and possession of a stolen firearm. Police will be requesting charges for unlawful carry of a pistol and possession of another’s identification. He was later booked into King County Jail.