Gay Former Marine Disarms Man Who Brought Grenade To Gay Bar
24.08.2022 - 08:19
/ starobserver.com.au
A gay former marine is being hailed as a hero for his timely intervention that averted a tragedy after an agitated man brought a grenade into a popular gay bar in Florida. The tense moments were captured on the bar’s closed circuit camera TV videos. The incident occurred on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, around 9.26 pm, when a man walked into Corners Pub in Wilton Manors, Florida, and placed a grenade on the bar counter. Bartender Joseph Shakespeare told local news station WPLG that the the man said he had guns in his car. Darryl Darling, a gay former marine, overheard the conversation and stepped in to help.
He started talking to the man as the owner phoned the police and the bartender tried to get the other patrons out of the bar to safety. “He was agitated at somebody in the bar, looking to pick a fight. He had shown me a grenade immediately as I walked up.
It looked real,” Darryl told WPLG. Darling engaged him in conversation about their days serving in the US military.
“As people started to clear the bar, I used certain intentions to just keep his focus on me so we would be the last ones leaving the bar.”Once he convinced the man to step out out of the bar, Darryl tackled him to the ground and waited for the police to arrive. “A search of the male revealed an inert grenade. No firearm was located on the subject,” the police said. WMPD said that they determined that the man was intoxicated and needed mental health services.
“The male told police officers that he was distraught by the recent deaths of close friends. The male was subsequently transported to a facility where he could be provided with the needed services,” the police said, adding, “After canvassing the area law enforcement deemed the business safe for
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