A 64-year-old gay man says a stranger lunged at him with a fork and knife, striking him twice on the head inside a Castro Street restaurant earlier this month. San Francisco police have now arrested a 38-year-old Berkeley man in connection with that attack and three others during a chaotic afternoon near 440 Castro.
Randy Moore told the Bay Area Reporter he had planned to meet friends at 1:10 p.m. on November 4 at the parklet outside 440 Castro, hoping to celebrate Democrats retaking control of Congress in the midterm election. Instead, he said he saw a disturbance near 440 Castro and noticed people in the street who appeared to have been assaulted. Moore told the paper a bartender had told a man to move along and stop harassing and assaulting patrons.
Moore said he then entered the Cove restaurant while things seemed to calm down, according to the same account. Inside, he said the man demanded waffles and chicken, and when a waiter told the man he needed to leave and said he would call 911, the man allegedly lunged at Moore with a fork and knife and hit him twice on the head.
Four People Were Assaulted
SFPD said four people were assaulted.
Police Arrest Berkeley Man
SFPD said it arrested 38-year-old Berkeley resident Donque Addison on suspicion of vandalism, battery, brandishing a knife, assault, and elder abuse…