Mobile bar linked to 100 police calls over past year faces potential shutdown: ‘Like a spider web’

A Mobile late-night sports bar that police say has been a chronic source of crime could soon lose its business license.

Phat Tuesday Sports Bar on St. Stephens Road has been the subject of 100 police calls in 12 months, involving shootings, fights, drugs, domestic disputes and more, officials said. Tensions peaked on August 31 when a Mobile police officer was nearly shot in the head during a confrontation at the bar.

“Pretty much it’s every weekend, my entire squad is there from about two in the morning until we get off at five,” said Lt. Rusty Hardeman. “When the rest of the bars in Mobile shut down, that’s when his crowd picks up.”…

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