{"id":478941,"date":"2026-09-29T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478941\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T03:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:28:11","slug":"san-francisco-bar-owner-accused-of-attacking-man-with-baseball-bat-after-parking-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478941\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco bar owner accused of attacking man with baseball bat after parking dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/zu480f2g6myr32gl.jpg\" alt=\"Bar owner accused of assault in altercation over parking space\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/zu480f2g6myr32gl.jpg\" alt=\"Bar owner accused of assault in altercation over parking space\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; A well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Francisco<\/a> bar owner is behind bars after allegedly assaulting a man following an argument over a parking space.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Cyril Hackett, the owner of Mad Dog in the Fog and Kezar Pub, was arrested Friday, according to the San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p> Argument over parking space  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The incident began when Hackett and Drew Wood, an employee at Further, a clothing store a few doors down from Mad Dog in the Fog, got into an argument over a parking space.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We got in an argument over a parking dispute \u2014 super petty,&#8221; Wood said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wood\u2019s co-worker, who only wished to identify themself as Wolf, recorded part of the interaction.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;This is when I got video of him backing into my friend, and I was telling him to keep moving,&#8221; said Wolf. &#8220;He then hit me with the door a couple of times. That\u2019s when I stopped the video because it got pretty serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wolf eventually parked in the space, and the two men thought the conflict was over.<\/p>\n<p> Man allegedly returns with baseball bat <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The men said Hackett returned about eight hours later carrying a baseball bat. They said video shows Hackett slamming the bat onto a desk, grabbing a jacket from a clothing rack and leaving.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;In my head, I\u2019m like, \u2018You\u2019re not going to hit me with a bat. You\u2019re a business owner,\u2019&#8221; Wood said. &#8220;But on the other side of that, I was like, \u2018This fool might hit me with a bat.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wood and Wolf said they followed Hackett outside. Wood said Hackett then swung the bat at him.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I\u2019m trying to get to the merchandise, but dodging his little swings,&#8221; Wood said. &#8220;And then he gets me \u2014 right on the side of the knee. Just enough to make it hard to walk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wood said he was not seriously injured. He and Wolf recovered the jacket and blocked Hackett\u2019s vehicle until police arrived and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p> DA reviewing case <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Employees at Mad Dog in the Fog declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wood said he does not believe Hackett was intoxicated during the incident. Despite what happened, Wood said he does not hold a grudge.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I don\u2019t wish harm or anything bad to happen to him,&#8221; Wood said. &#8220;I just hope he understands it was dumb and thinks, \u2018Maybe I shouldn\u2019t threaten people with baseball bats over parking disputes.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">District Attorney Brooke Jenkins confirmed Hackett remains in custody while her office reviews the case. He is accused of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The district attorney&#8217;s office said it plans to announce whether formal charges will be filed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story is based on interviews with the alleged victim and a witness, video of the incident, comments from District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and reporting from KTVU at Mad Dog in the Fog.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; A well-known San Francisco bar owner is behind bars after allegedly assaulting a man following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1184,2042,100,101,103,102,104,106,105,1181],"class_list":["post-478941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}