Seattle police say that the death Thursday of a 48-year-old man who
was beaten with his shotgun last summer on Capitol Hill is the sixth
homicide of 2013.

The man died at a long-term care center, police said. His identity has
not been released by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office
pending the notification of relatives.

Police say the man got into a confrontation with three men on July 22
near Summit Avenue and East Olive Street. The man walked away from the
confrontation and allegedly came back with a shotgun. The men then
disarmed him and struck him with the shotgun, police said.