Fort Lauderdale’s ABC News affiliate reports:
Police in Fort Lauderdale arrested a man they say threatened a security guard with a gun. The incident happened outside a bar in Wilton Manors. According to police, 45-year-old Kenneth Justesen was taken into custody Friday night outside the Gym Sportsbar. Justesen is facing several charges including use of a firearm under the influence of alcohol, according to authorities. Records obtained by Local 10 News indicate this is not Justesen’s first run-in with the law.
Miami’s NBC News affiliate reports:
People caught Justesen on video approaching and heckling people at the bar. “The gentleman had lost his phone and he was really upset about it, and he started making threats that if he found the person with his phone, he was gonna put a bullet in the back of his head,” said witness Anthony Robinson. He eventually got into an argument and pulled his gun out scaring people at the bar, who quickly called 911. A police report said the firearm was loaded and actively had one round in the chamber and an additional eight rounds in the magazine.
Miami’s CBS News affiliate reports:
A video obtained by CBS4 shows Justesen wearing a ‘Let’s go Brandon’ t-shirt, which is a profane dig at President Biden, as he had an exchange of words with the bar’s security guard. The exchange soon grew to a verbal altercation in which Justesen is hear saying, “What the (expletive) are you going to do?” Then, the video shows him pulling what appears to be a handgun and holding it beside him. He allegedly told the security guard that he can, “show his gun.”
Dramatic video taken outside a popular Wilton Manors bar shows two men arguing before one pulls out a gun, threatening the other. After taking out the weapon, he holds it behind his back while continuing to lob expletives at the other man.@SunSentinel https://t.co/Sw7Y1mfY0H
— Austen Erblat (@AustenErblat) June 26, 2022
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: A man has been arrested by @WMPD411 and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and use of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol after being recorded pulling a gun on a man outside a Wilton Manors bar Friday@SunSentinel story coming soon pic.twitter.com/AtPndamePt
— Austen Erblat (@AustenErblat) June 26, 2022