CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two Cleveland bar patrons tackled an armed robbery suspect on Saturday, knocked him unconscious and held him at the bar until police arrested him, according to police.

Kenneth Wheeler, 31, is charged with aggravated robbery.

He is being held in the city jail on $50,000 bond.

The robbery happened about 7:30 p.m. at the Brickhouse Bar on Harvard Avenue and East 56th Street in the city's Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood, just east of Newburgh Heights.

Wheeler walked into the bar and stood around for a minute or so before pulling out a revolver and pointing at the 27-year-old bartender, according to police reports.

He told the woman to empty the cash register, and she handed over $261, police reports say.

Wheeler walked up to a 43-year-old man at the bar, put a gun to his head and said: "What, you think I'm playing?" and warned the man not to do anything, according to police reports.

A 36-year-old man sitting nearby told police he heard a "clicking sound" from Wheeler's revolver and saw the cylinder twist as if it was going to fire a bullet, police reports say.

Wheeler put the gun to the 43-year-old man's side and told him not to move, police reports say. The man told him to take what he wanted.

Wheeler waved the gun around, and the man told police he saw an opportunity to disarm Wheeler, police reports say.

He grabbed Wheeler's wrist and wrestled him to the ground. The 36-year-old man kicked at Wheeler's gun and disarmed him, police reports say.

While the 43-year-old man held Wheeler to the ground, the 36-year-old man grabbed the stolen cash from his pocket and gave it back to the bartender, according to police.

Police arrived to find Wheeler unconscious and bleeding from his head just outside the bar, police reports say. He suffered multiple cuts and bruises to his face, along with swelling all over his face. Wheeler was treated at MetroHealth and released.

A message left at the Brickhouse was not returned.

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