A Tulsa police officer is out of the Tulsa County jail after officers said he pointed a gun at a bouncer and threatened to kill him. Witnesses say it happened after the officer was thrown out of a downtown Tulsa bar.

Owner Eli Huff says Thomas Fees was a recognizable face at Oscar's Gastro Pub, located at 1738 South Boston Avenue, but he had no clue he was a Tulsa cop. 

Around closing time Friday night, Huff said Fees began inappropriately touching some women in the bar.

"They felt like it was to the point where he needed to go. And we had already cut him off from drinking," said Eli Huff, Oscar's Gastro Pub owner.

Huff and a bouncer asked Fees to leave, but Fees refused. Witnesses said employees then had to "forcibly remove him from the bar." Once outside, witnesses said Fees pulled out a revolver and "pointed it at one employee's head." 

One bouncer, who didn't want to go on camera, told The News On 6 Fees opened the gun's cylinder to prove it was loaded.

"It put my staff in danger. And that's my biggest concern, to me, that my staff and my paying customers who were here around it, were put in that situation. You don't expect that to come from an officer of the law," said Eli Huff.

When officers arrived, Fees was across the street on Boston. The officer admitted he was intoxicated, and a stainless steel revolver was recovered from his right pocket.

Fees was unsteady on his feet, had slurred speech and the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and person, according to a police report.

Fees was arrested at 1:35 a.m. Saturday.

The News On 6 went to Officer Fees' home in Sperry, but no one answered the door. 

A police spokesman said an investigation is underway.

"It's a bad situation, there's no doubt, there's no other spin you can put on that. We're not happy with this, but at the same time, this is still very early on, very preliminary, all the reports aren't even in yet," said Officer Jason Willingham, Tulsa Police.

Fees has been a Tulsa police officer for eight years. He was arrested on two felony complaints of pointing a deadly weapon and one complaint of carrying a firearm while intoxicated.

Tulsa Police spokesman Officer Jason Willingham said Fees is on paid suspension for the remainder of the investigation.