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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A distinctive pair of sneakers helped San Diego Police find a man suspected of threatening a Pacific Beach bar bouncer with a knife Tuesday.
The man went to Open Bar on Mission Boulevard near Grand Avenue at 1 p.m. and said he was going to kill the employee, officers said.
Police got a detailed description of the man, which included purple Air Jordan Nike shoes.
An SDPD lieutenant who responded to the scene spotted the man – and his sneakers – and officers arrested him near Mission Boulevard and Pacific Beach Drive.
Witnesses identified the suspect at the scene.
During the search for the knife-wielding man, police said a drunk bar patron jumped on top of a patrol car and stomped on its roof. The man was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism for substantial damage to the SDPD vehicle.
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