MISSION VALLEY — A man who was removed from a Mission Valley restaurant for being drunk Sunday night was arrested soon after on suspicion of stabbing the security guard who removed him, police said.

The guard escorted the 31-year-old man out of Dave and Buster’s on Camino Del Rio North about 9:30 p.m. Once outside, the two got into a fight, said San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros. The drunk man pulled out a knife and sliced the security guard’s arm.

The victim was taken to a hospital with a deep laceration to his forearm.

The assailant was secured until police arrived and arrested him in the stabbing, Delimitros said.