Snapchat video shows suspect who bit off SF bartender’s finger

A Snapchat video obtained by The Chronicle on Monday shows a man wanted for biting off a bartender’s finger in San Francisco’s Marina district.

The 6-second cell phone video shot by a passerby shows the suspect tussling with his buddy last month outside of the Silver Cloud bar on the corner of Lombard and Webster streets.

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Police released black-and-white security video earlier Monday of the same July 17 encounter. But it was an altercation that wasn’t seen on the video that have police hunting for the shirtless man caught on camera.

Authorities say the man badly beat and then bit off a bartender’s finger that same night after he got booted from the Silver Cloud around 2 a.m.

The bartender wouldn’t let the raging suspect back into his bar right around closing time, leading to the violent episode. The suspect has not been identified and fled the scene with his buddies after the attack, police said.

The bartender was treated at a hospital for injuries to his badly-beaten face, scrapes and cuts and a severed left ring finger. Doctors were not able to reattach the finger, police said.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect was asked to call San Francisco police at (415) 575-4444.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky