Minneapolis, MN
Bouncer at Minneapolis bar The Saloon stabs patron at closing time
A man was critically injured in an altercation with a bouncer inside a downtown Minneapolis bar over the weekend, police said Monday.
The nightspot’s security guard is now in jail following the incident around 2 a.m. on Saturday at The Saloon, a gay bar on the corner of Hennepin Avenue and 9th Street. The victim was taken by emergency medical responders to a hospital with critical injuries.
The bouncer, a 33-year-old man from Newport, was also treated at the hospital for injuries, then booked into the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of first-degree assault. The Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
Police have yet to disclose the circumstances leading up to the stabbing.