A Vacaville police officer taking a dinner break at a local eatery was immediately pressed into service again after a restaurant patron reported an armed man had threatened to kill him, the department said on Monday.

In a social media post captioned, "Right place, right time," the Vacaville Police Department said an officer stopped at a busy restaurant on Nut Tree Parkway just after 8 p.m. As soon as he walked in, a customer came up to him and said another man had just threatened to kill him and was armed with a gun, police said.

As soon as he pointed out the man, who was sitting near a window, the man immediately stood up and began walking toward the officer, police said. The officer immediately began issuing commands to the suspect who complied, and he was quickly detained, police sai

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