A highly inebriated Hamilton bar patron accused of threatening a friend with a loaded pistol couldn't coherently tell police much of anything early Saturday morning, but he did remember that he'd put away at least 12 beers.

Brennan Skrutvold, 21, was charged in Ravalli County Justice Court Monday with felony assault with a weapon, stemming from a night of drinking that allegedly turned dangerous around closing time in downtown Hamilton.

According to court documents, Skrutvold and John Jaber had been drinking at a pair of Hamilton bars, when Skrutvold and Jaber began to argue because Jaber wouldn't turn over his car keys so Skrutvold could go retrieve his handgun.

At one point, witnesses told officers, Skrutvold was so frustrated he went out and urinated on Jaber's Nissan.

The argument continued with Skrutvold repeatedly slapping Jaber in the face through the open window of his vehicle, the Hamilton Police affidavit reads.

Eventually, as the "tense" conversation continued, Skrutvold pulled the pistol out of his waistband and pointed it in Jaber's face no less than five times, according to court documents.

Witnesses told police Skrutvold was screaming at Jaber: "I will kill you."