Bystanders disarmed a man brandishing a gun at the Harborview Bar in Unalaska Monday night.

David Bravo had threatened to “kill everyone he could find” after being thrown out of the bar earlier in the evening.  Sergeant Roger Bacon says fisherman Sione Muliaga overheard the threats and waited outside the bar for Bravo to return.

“But he hid from him, because he was afraid of what he might do and when he was hiding behind the pillar there he saw him come back out of the Unisea Inn after about two minutes.  And [then Muliaga] confronted him and said ‘what’s going on?’ At which point Mr. Bravo said ‘I’m going back into the bar’.  Sione told him that wasn’t a good idea, that they wouldn’t let him back in, at which point Mr. Bravo brandished his 9mm and cycled around, at which point Mr. Sione disarmed him.”

Sergeant Bacon says another fisherman, Coriy Komotios, knocked Bravo to the ground.  A public safety officer driving past the bar saw the scuffle and mistook it for a fight.  He arrested all three men, although Muliaga and Komotios were released once it became clear they had helped defuse the potentially lethal situation. 

Muliaga and Komotios could not be reached for comment.

Bravo is currently being held at the Unalaska jail on three counts of felony assault and one count of misdemeanor misconduct involving a weapon.  His arraignment is scheduled for 3:30pm on Monday.