Man arrested after homicide in tent near Mount Baker Station

Seattle police arrested a 46-year-old man Monday in connection with the killing of a 35-year-old man at a homeless encampment in South Seattle on Thursday.

Police arrested the man with the help of a SWAT team and the gun violence reduction unit, police said in an online blotter post. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of murder.

Officers had responded to reports of a body found inside a tent near Cheasty Boulevard South and South Winthrop Street, near the Mount Baker light rail station, around 9 a.m. Thursday, police said.

The King County medical examiner's office identified the 35-year-old man as Miracle McKenzie. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest, the office said.

It's unknown how and where the 46-year-old man was arrested, and whether he had known the slain 35-year-old.

Another man was shot near the site in October. He died from his injuries a few months later.

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