Last updated November 22, 2010 6:02 p.m. PT
A 58-year-old man was killed with a hatchet after a Monday morning attack on Capitol Hill. His suspected attacker was arrested.
Police responded at 10:37 a.m. to 15th Avenue and East Union Street. A police spokeswoman said the victim was attacked in an alley and hit in the head.
The suspect ran away, and responding officers began searching the area. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they also recovered the hatchet. The suspect was arrested nearby.
Homicide detectives interviewed the man at police headquarters Monday afternoon and he was booked into King County Jail at 3:30 p.m. Seattlepi.com is not naming the man because he hasn't been charged.
Crime scene investigators were at the snowy scene, police said. Several witnesses also were interviewed.
Witnesses described the weapon as a pickax, which police initially said was used to kill the man. Officers later clarified it was a hatchet.
Earlier this year, the suspect pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence in a domestic violence case. The man also has a history of assault was booked into King County Jail on three separate occasions before Monday, jail records show.
The homicide was the first in Seattle since a man was shot to death Oct. 26 at Second Avenue and Pike Street. The suspect in that case, Tomas Afeworki, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Read more about that case here.
Monday's homicide is the 18th in Seattle this year, excluding three fatal officer-involved shootings. Hours later, a man was shot to death by SWAT members after investigators say he threatened officers and firefighters with a gun.
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