Swinging pool cues and throwing bar stools, this is the wild moment a late-night brawl broke out in a Washington State bar.
The melee, which erupted after two patrons got into an argument over a game of pool at Sideline Sports Bar in Bellevue, ended with one man being taken to hospital.
Footage of the shocking January 20 punch-up, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, begins with two men wrestling before a third man joins in and viciously punches one of the others four times.
Video obtained by DailyMail.com shows shocking scenes at Sideline Sports Bar in Bellevue, Washington last month after a brawl broke out between two patrons playing pool
The bar fight quickly escalates with two more men joining in and one grabbing and swinging a pool cue at an opponent
Someone then screams ‘F*** you’, while a woman is heard screaming and yelling: ‘no stop!’ as a fourth man joins in.
One of the men then picks up a pool cue and starts swinging it, hitting another fighter several times.
A man in a gray hoodie then picks up a metal bar stool and attempts to batter a man wearing a black t-shirt to the sound of loud screaming.
He then begins wrestling over the stool with the black-clad man who grabs it before the pair start punching each other again.
At one point, what looks like a gun appears in the hand of one of the brawlers but it swiftly vanishes and nobody was shot.
The brawl finally comes to an end when a man in a gray suit and a woman in a yellow top and white skinny jeans separate the pair.
The Bellevue Police Department said their officers were called to the scene shortly before midnight at 11:56pm on January 20.
A spokeswoman said police interviewed witnesses who told them there had been a fight inside the bar but it had ended by the time they arrived.
As the scuffle spills onto the other end of the bar, a man in gray hoodie picks up and hurls a bar stool at one of them
He attempts to batter a man wearing a black t-shirt to the sound of loud screaming
The Bellevue Police Department were called to the scene shortly before midnight on January 20, but all the suspects had fled by the time they arrived
She added: ‘Officers attempted to interview witnesses as all the suspects had left the scene.
‘None of the witnesses or victims would cooperate with the investigation and refused to prosecute.
‘There was one injury that required stitches and that person refused treatment on scene and went to get stitches on their own.’
She also told DailyMail.com that the case has now been closed.
According to local man Michael Creel, 57, Sideline is notorious for brawling and other public disturbances, including overdoses.
Creel told DailyMail.com he witnessed one such incident in January 2022 – and shared a photo of one of the stricken patrons being treated by EMTs.
He said: ‘Two people dropped at the same time, I thought they were going to die. It’s a neighborhood bar in a very affluent area. It’s sad that the city allows such a place to operate.’
Bellevue resident Michael Creel told DailyMail.com he had witnessed another incident at the sports bar just a year earlier when a patron overdosed and required medical attention
Locals say Sideline is notorious for brawling and other public disturbances
Bellevue is an affluent town, regularly voted among the best places to live in the United States. Jeff Bezos is a former resident
Creel says the bar refuses to employ a security team, despite recurring fights, and has dubbed it ‘public nuisance number one’ on his crime-logging website, AllReaders.com.
He added: ‘Sideline is well known for bar fights and drug use but unfortunately, city leaders are doing nothing to shut it down.’
Sideline, which bills itself as a ‘basic watering hole with TVs for sports-watching, pool tables and a summer-only rooftop patio and bar’, has been approached for comment.
Bellevue is an affluent small city of 122,000 people perched on the east bank of Lake Washington opposite Seattle.
Former residents include Jeff Bezos who founded retail giant Amazon in the leafy city – which is regularly voted one of the best places to live in the US.
