SEATTLE — Detectives are investigating an apparent homicide near the International District homeless encampment Wednesday night, Seattle police said.
Police responded to a report of an assault with weapons in the 900 block of South Jackson Street after 6 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found a woman who had a severe head injury.
Seattle Fire officials told KIRO 7 they had taken a 35-year-old woman to Harborview Medical Center, where she was declared dead.
Homicide detectives are now interviewing possible witnesses to get a suspect description.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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