Police detain man with handgun at San Francisco's Metreon Theater

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
San Francisco police detained a man with a handgun at the Metreon Theater on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.
San Francisco police detained a man with a handgun at the Metreon Theater on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco police are investigating a frightening incident at the Metreon Theater Tuesday night.



Witnesses say a man started yelling and acting erratically as movie previews were wrapping up, just before 8 p.m.



When the moviegoers confronted him, they said he pulled a gun on them.



People in the theater ran out but the man reportedly calmly stayed in his seat.



The SWAT team evacuated the entire Metreon as a precaution.



Officers detained the man and found a handgun on him.



Nobody was injured.

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