Portland Police arrested a man Sunday after locating him in a bar with a handgun in his pocket.

Gang Enforcement Team officers walked through the Shamrock Bar at 4919 SE 82nd Avenue at around 12:27 a.m. Sunday after hearing reports of an earlier fight involving a subject who may have had a gun, a news release stated.

Rontonio Augustus (Courtesy Multnomah County Sheriff)

Officers saw "a man acting very nervous in the bar," and approached him. Officers then found a loaded handgun in the pocket of the man's pants. Authorities learned that the handgun had been stolen from a car.

Police arrested the man, identified as Rontonio Augustus, 33, on charges including felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is also held on a parole violation for a previous attempted murder charge, police said.

Augustus is being held in the Multnomah County Jail and will be arraigned on Monday.

--Laura Frazier

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