A 51-year-old man is accused of threatening a security guard in downtown Nashville Monday with a chainsaw and a metal pole.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A 51-year-old man is accused of threatening a security guard in downtown Nashville Monday with a chainsaw and a metal pole.

The incident happened at the Greyhound bus station on Rep. John Lewis Way around 5:30 a.m.

Officers arrived and found Claude Bell sitting on the sidewalk with a chainsaw and metal pole, according to court documents.

The security guard told officers Bell had been trespassing on the property all night and threatened him once he was told to leave. Metro police reported Bell left and then came back to the bus station with a chainsaw and metal pole.

Officers reviewed city surveillance footage and saw Bell take his shirt off and get into a “fighting stance” Witnesses told officers they saw Bell brandish the chainsaw at the guard and threaten to “cut him up.”

Bell was booked into the Metro jail and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond was set at $3,500.