SEDRO-WOOLLEY — An assault suspect suffered a broken kneecap in a struggle with police officers who repeatedly used Tasers in an attempt to subdue the man Friday night.

Sedro-Woolley Police Lt. Lin Tucker said the incident began as a confrontation between two men in Cues-N-Brews bar on Metcalf Street just before midnight.

Eventually, management ejected the two fighting men, who continued the brawl outside the bar.

Tucker and officer Jason Harris were patrolling the area on foot when they came upon the fight. When the police officers ordered the two to stop fighting, one of the men punched the other in the face and started to run.

The officers yelled for the suspect to stop, but he kept going down an alley behind the bar.

When the officers caught up with the man, they used Tasers to subdue him. Tasers normally deliver an electric shock that temporarily disables muscle functions.

“It hit the subject in the right places to incapacitate him,” Tucker said.

However, the suspect got up and ran again. Police zapped him several more times. The man also fought with officers until he was tackled and arrested, Tucker said.

The suspect was taken to the Skagit Valley Hospital, where he will require surgery for the broken kneecap, Tucker said.

He was cited with fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest. The second man involved in the fight was not arrested.