GPD arrests knife-wielding man after incident | News

He allegedly entered a room at a Gatlinburg hotel through an open door while guests Raj and Jigar Patel were on the patio around 2:45 a.m. Friday.

“When Mr. Kirk was asked to leave, he exited the vehicle before brandishing a knife,” according to an arrest warrant signed by Officer Zachary Reno.

Kirk allegedly tried to force his way back into the room and threatened the men while one of them slid the door shut.

Officers found Kirk nearby, and as they approached, he threw an open folding knife into the ground, according to arrest reports.

According to the reports, he spoke slurred, was unsteady on his feet and eventually said he had been drinking that night.

He was being held in the Sevier County Jail on Friday.